Effects of Dental Factors on Fungal Sinusitis

Mohammed Basurrah; Do Hyun Kim; Il Hwan Lee; Sung Won Kim; Soo Whan Kim

doi:10.1159/000519213

Effects of Dental Factors on Fungal Sinusitis

ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2022;84(4):309-314. doi: 10.1159/000519213. Epub 2021 Oct 6.

Authors

Mohammed Basurrah^{1

2}, Do Hyun Kim¹, Il Hwan Lee³, Sung Won Kim¹, Soo Whan Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the associations between dental treatments and fungal maxillary sinusitis (FMS).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical charts between July 2014 and March 2019. In total, 100 cases of FMS were included in this study. We also recruited 200 patients as a control group in the same period. Therefore, each of the FMS, chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), and normal sinus groups consisted of 100 patients. We recorded all endodontic treatments (EDTs), tooth extractions, dental implantations, and apical lesions (ALs).

Results: The FMS group had higher incidences of tooth extraction (49% vs. 11%, respectively) and EDT (29% vs. 16%, respectively) compared to the normal sinus group and fewer ALs compared to the CRS group (6% vs. 24%, respectively). There were significant differences between the CRS and normal sinus groups in the extraction rate (53% vs. 11%, respectively) and frequency of ALs (24% vs. 4%, respectively). The dental implantation prevalence rates were similar across all 3 groups.

Conclusion: The rates of tooth extraction were significantly higher in the FMS and CRS groups compared to the normal sinus group. In addition, of the 3 conditions, FMS was related to EDT, and CRS was related to ALs.

Keywords: Dental caries; Dental implantation; Fungi; Maxillary sinusitis; Tooth extraction.

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Humans
Mycoses* / epidemiology
Paranasal Sinuses* / pathology
Retrospective Studies
Rhinitis* / epidemiology
Rhinitis* / microbiology
Sinusitis* / epidemiology
Sinusitis* / microbiology

Grants and funding

There were no funding sources for this study.