Floating Canine in Maxillary Sinus – Case Report and Overview of Pathogenetic Literature
Published: November 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/37572.12219
Ajay M Bhandarkar, Shubhika Jain, Adarsh Kudva, Kailesh Pujary
1. Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
2. Undergraduate Student, Department of ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal, Karnataka, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences,
Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal, Karnataka, India.
4. Professor, Department of ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Ajay M Bhandarkar,
Department of ENT, 4th Floor, Sharada Madhav Pai OPD, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India.
E-mail: bm.ajay@gmail.com
The eruption of tooth other than the alveolar arch is called Ectopic Tooth. It is frequently encountered in the maxillary sinus. Facial pain is the most common presentation which is commonly misdiagnosed as chronic sinusitis. We present a case of a 47-year-old lady who was incidentally diagnosed to have an ectopic free lying canine in the maxillary sinus and discuss the various theories mentioned in literature predisposing to this condition.
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