Abstract

VICCARI, Tiago et al. Contemporary Vision of odontogenic infections. Rev. costarric. salud pública [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.1, pp.75-79. ISSN 1409-1429.

The odontogenic infections are serious clinical conditions and relatively common occurrence, characterized by the rapid spread of the infectious process to adjacent tissues and fascial spaces of head and neck, which may lead the patient to death. Infections that affect the oral cavity are a public health problem, because their origin could be avoided with preventive treatment. These are one of the most difficult problems in dental treatment, especially in our country where much of the population still has rates higher caries and periodontal disease, with necrosis of the dental pulp resulting from the leading cause deep cavity, where it created a way to penetrate the bacteria in periapical tissues establishing an active infection that will spread preferentially along the lines of least resistance. These infectious processes can vary from highly localized infections that require minimal treatment, even infections that involve a highly complex multidisciplinary treatment in a hospital environment by generating high costs and suffering to the patient. Thus we understand that preventive measures in public health are able to avoid the aggravation of infectious processes in the initial phase and thus promote a decrease in morbidity and mortality.

Keywords : Infection; Periapical Abscess; Public Health.

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