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Table I

Characteristics of the included case reports.

Authors (Year)	Sex	Age	Tooth n°	Fossa	Technique approach	Anaesthesia	Time to recovery	Symptoms at the time of recovery	Post-operative	Imaging	Success
Oberman et al. (1986) [1]	F	26	28	ITF	Endobuccal long incision in the vestibule fundus	GA	NR	Asymptomatic		Panoramic/CT	No
Mace et al. (2020) [2]	M	17	18	ITF	Endobuccal without precision	GA	3 Weeks	Cellulitis, right facial swelling, skin fistula, trismus, subcutaneous abscess, emphysema	Asymptomatic	CT injected scan	Yes
Gómez-Oliveira et al. (2010) [3]	F	23	28	ITF	Endobuccal without precision	LA	2 Weeks	Asymptomatic	Asymptomatic	CT/panoramic	Yes
Sencimen et al. (2017) [4]	M	21	28	ITF	Transinusian	LA	4 Years	Swelling, chronic suppuration	Asymptomatic at 10 days	CT/panoramic	Yes
Selvi et al. (2011) [8]	M	35	28	ITF	Endobuccal small incision parallel to the buccinator fibres	LA	3 Weeks	NR	NR	CT/panoramic	Yes
Nogueira et al. (2019) [9]	M	19	28	ITF	Endobuccal long incision in the vestibule fundus	LA	1 Week	LMO, Swelling	Asymptomatic at 7 days and opening at 38 mm at 15 days	CT	Yes
Polo et al. (2016) [10]	F	19	28	ITF	Endobuccal, sulcular extended over the tuberosity and with vertical discharge mesial to the molars	GA	NR	LMO, Swelling	Asymptomatic	CT/panoramic	Yes
Battisti et al. (2017) [11]	F	28	28	ITF	Endobuccal, sulcular with vertical discharge mesial to molars + endoscope	GA	0 day	LMO, Swelling, pains	NR	CT	Yes
Gulbrandsen et al. (1987) [12]	M	22	28	TF	Endobuccal sulcular but failed, then hemicoronal	GA	2 Years	Asymptomatic	Mild post-operative pain	Frontal, lateral and axial tomography.	Yes
Sverzut et al. (2009) [13]	H	22	28	ITF	Endobuccal small incision parallel to the buccinator fibres	LA	3 Weeks	LMO, pain on opening, painful and restricted mandibular movement.	Asymptomatic at 2 weeks	CT	Yes
Ozer et al. (2013) [14]	M	23	28	ITF	Endobuccal, sulcular extended over the tuberosity and with vertical discharge mesial to the molars	GA	1 Week	LMO, Swelling, pains	Asymptomatic	CT/panoramic	Yes
Dawson et al. (1993) [15]	F	18	28	ITF	Endobuccal long incision in the vestibule + Gillies' approach + cineradiography	GA	5 Months	Asymptomatic	Asymptomatic	Profile skull and Blondeau	Yes
Yücesoy et al. (2018) [16]	M	40	18	ITF	Endobuccal, sulcular extended over the tuberosity and with vertical discharge mesial to the molars	LA	0 Day	NR	Asymptomatic	CT/panoramic	Yes
Shruthi et al. (2020) [17]	F	26	18	TF	Gillies modified only	GA	NR	Swelling, pain	Asymptomatic at 3 weeks	CT	Yes
Lutz et al. (2019) [18]	F	17	18	ITF	Endobuccal long incision in the vestibule + interventional radiography	GA	2 Months	Asymptomatic	Asymptomatic at 3 weeks	CT	Yes
Elgbouri et al. (1999) [19]	M	42	18	TF	Hemicoronal	GA	4 Days	Asymptomatic	Asymptomatic	Front and profile tomography	Yes
Paoli et al. (1995) [20]	M	15	18-28	TF	Coronal	GA	6 Weeks	LMO, bilateral swelling	Mouth opening at 40 mm at 6 months	Blondeau, Skull face and profile, face up, panoramic, CT	Yes
Campbell et Costello. (2010) [21]	F	18	18	ITF	Endobuccal long incision in the vestibule + guided navigation	GA	6 Weeks	Diplopia	NR	CT	Yes
Díaz-Condal et al. (2011) [22]	F	42	28	ITF	Endobuccal small incision parallel to the buccinator fibres	GA	24 Years	LMO, pain	Opening to 42 mm at 7 weeks	CT/panoramic	Yes
Bodner et al. (2012) [23]	M	34	28	ITF	Endobuccal, sulcular extended over the tuberosity and with vertical discharge mesial to the molars	LA	0 Day	NR	Asymptomatic at 2 weeks	CT/panoramic	Yes
Baig et al. (2012) [24]	M	24	28	ITF	Endobuccal long incision in the vestibule fundus	LA	3 Days	Swelling, pain	Asymptomatic at 2 weeks	Skull face and side	Yes
Kajla et al. (2016) [25]	F	45	18	ITF	Endobuccal long incision in the vestibule fundus	LA	6 Months	NR	Asymptomatic	CT/panoramic	Yes
Primo et al. (2014) [26]	F	14	18	ITF	Endobuccal small incision parallel to the buccinator fibres	LA	4 Months	Asymptomatic	Asymptomatic at 2 weeks	CT/panoramic	Yes
Khaladkar et Reddy (2020) [27]	F	36	18 (Root)	ITF	Transinusian	NR	NR	NR	NR	CT/panoramic	Yes
Roshanghias et al. (2016) [28]	M	14	28	ITF	Endobuccal, sulcular extended over the tuberosity and with vertical discharge mesial to the molars	GA	NR	NR	Asymptomatic at 3 weeks	CT	Yes
Dimitrakopoulos et papadaki (2007) [29]	M	46	28	ITF	Endobuccal without precision	GA	NR	Emphysema/BSC	Asymptomatic	CT/panoramic	Yes

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