The use of pedicled fat flap in the closure of an oro-antral fistula in Yaounde’s Central Hospital.

Oro-antral fistula is one of the possible per and post operative complications encountered during avulsion of antral teeth, particularly maxillary second premolars and first molars. We report the case of a 38-year-old immunocompromised patient in whom ulcerative periodontitis caused the avulsion of several maxillary teeth with a subsequent oro-antral communication associated with a chronic maxillary sinusitis. A pedicled buccal fat pad flap was used to close this fistula. The result obtained was compared with the current data in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]