[Studies on the reaction of the maxillary sinus mucosa to trauma]

In an animal experiment the middle face of sheeps was fractionated. The reaction of the maxillary mucosa was histologically examined in determined temporal intervals and compared with the reactions of the mucosa of sinus maxillary in man after an accident with fractures in the middle face. In contrast to other authors it could be proved unambiguously that the maxillary mucosa of the sheep as well as the maxillary mucosa in man react with a reparative curable inflammation after fractures in the middle face. Therefore a sanitation because of inflammation prophylactic reasons is not indicated.