French Otorhinolaryngology Society (SFORL) good practice guidelines for dental implant surgery close to the maxillary sinus.

Objectives: To draw up guidelines for ENT management associated with dental implant surgery with or without sinus lift.

Materials And Methods: The methodology followed the rules of laid down by the French Health Authority (HAS): "Methodological bases for drawing up professional recommendations by formalized consensus". The chosen method was the RAND/UCLA "RAND appropriateness method" (short version).

[218 tooth extraction in patients taking platelet aggregation inhibitors].

Introduction: The aim of this survey was to show that tooth extraction could be performed in patients taking antiplatelet agents. The main indication of antiplatelet agents is to reduce the thrombotic disease.

Material And Method: The authors made a descriptive and retrospective analysis of 52 patients taking antiplatelet agents in their department between February 2003 and January 2005.

[Survey of focal infection in a hospital environment].

To make their study the authors inquired in the different departments of the University Hospital in Rennes, concerned by the problem of focal infection. This study aims at helping practitioners to take the right therapeutic decision in case of high, low or non existent infection risks. The results of the study show new pathologies involving focal infection risks.