Title

Effect of buccal fat pad, platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) and buccal advancement flap in oroantral fistula closure

Authors

Asha S Badadesai¹, Nureldeen AN Elhammali^2,*, Abhigyan Manas³, Tanu Priya Sonkar⁴, Antara Majumdar⁵, Smita Sutar⁶, Madhvika Patidar⁷ & Ashwini Narayankar⁸

Affiliation

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PMNM Dental College and Hospital, Bagalkot - 587103, Karnataka, India; ²Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sirte University, Libya, North Africa; ³Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Babu Banarsi Das College of Dental Sciences, BBD University, Lucknow, India; ⁴Department Dentistry (Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge), Autonomous State Medical College, Firozabad, India; ⁵Intern, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ⁶Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rajesh Ramdasji Kambe Dental College, Akola, Maharashtra, India; ⁷Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Government College of Dentistry, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁸Department of Prosthodontics, SB Patil Dental College, Bidar, Karnataka, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Asha S Badadesai - E - mail: ashahonyal@yahoo.in; Phone: +91 7829164611
Nureldeen AN Elhammali - E - mail: nurdentnur@yahoo.com; Phone: +00 218911361480
Abhigyan Manas - E - mail: abhigyanmanas@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9936352882
TanuPriya Sonkar -E - mail: tanupriya2627@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9997120405
Antara Majumdar - E - mail: anataramajumdar354@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8450065383
Smita Sutar - E - mail: drsmitasutar@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9439379215
Madhvika Patidar - E - mail: madhvikapatidar@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9565477630
Ashwini Narayankar - E - mail: ash_17_wins@yahoo.co.in; Phone: +91 9604618260

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received December 1, 2024; Revised December 31, 2024; Accepted December 31, 2024, Published December 31, 2024

Abstract

An oroantral fistula (OAF) is a pathological abnormal communication between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus which may arise as a result of failure of primary healing of an OAF which can result into the maxillary sinusitis. Therefore, a number of methods are attempted to close this connection using various types of flap or graft. The objective of the research was to evaluate the closure of the oroantral fistula using the buccal advancement flap (BAF), platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) and buccal pad of fat. The study comprised 30 healthy patients with oroantral fistulas. Based on the method utilised to close the OAF, the samples were split into three groups: Group I used a buccal pad of fat, Group II used platelet-rich fibrin and Group III used a buccal advancement flap. All groups showed satisfactory healing, however the BPF and PRF groups experienced much less post-operative pain, clinical healing scores and swelling than the BAF group. BPD and PRF were found to be effective in closing OAF.

Keywords

Oroantral fistula, buccal pad of fat, flap, fistula, management, platelet-rich fibrin

Citation

Badadesai et al. Bioinformation 20(12): 1765-1768 (2024)

Edited by

P Babaji

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.