Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
January 2025
Purpose: It is aimed to evaluate the effect of maxillary sinus elevation with lateral antrostomy approach on mucociliary functions using the saccharin test.
Methods: The study was planned prospectively. 29 patients who underwent maxillary sinus elevation were included in the study.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of root-end filling after periapical surgery on the fractal dimension (FD) of the periapical bone.
Methods: Thirty-eight patients who underwent periapical surgery were included in this study. The cases were divided into two subgroups: (1) In the gutta-percha group, root cavity and root-end fillings were not performed after root resection.