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Table 1 Techniques for closure OAC/OAF

From: Decision-making in closure of oroantral communication and fistula

Local soft tissue flaps

Buccal flaps

Buccal flap (Rehrmann flap)

Môczáir flap

Buccal advanced flap

Buccal fat pad flap

Pedicled buccal fat pad

Buccal flap combined with displacement of the buccal fat pad

Palatal flaps

Palatal flap

Palatal rotation-advancement flap

Palatal pedicled flap

Anteriorly based palatal flap

Palatal hinged flap

Palatal mucoperiosteal rotation flap

Palatal straight advancement flap

Palatal pedicled island flap

Modified submucosal connective tissue flap

Submucosal connective tissue pedicle flap

Submucosal island flap

Random palatal flap

 

Grafts

Free mucous graft

Subepithelial connective tissue graft

Autogenous distant flaps

Tongue flap

Auricular cartilage

Septal cartilage

Temporalis muscle flap

Autogenous bone grafts

Intraoral

Extraoral

Autogenous fibrin

Platelet-rich fibrin

Allogenous

Fibrin glue

Dura

Xenografts

Collagen

Gelatin film

Bio Gide/Bio Oss

Synthetic materials/metals

Gold

Aluminum

Tantalum

Polymethylmethacrylate

Hydroxyapatite

Root analogue

Titanium dental implant

Other techniques

Tooth transplantation

Interseptal alveolotomy

Guided tissue regeneration

Prolamin gel

Splint

Biostimulation with laser light