Clinical practice guidelines: management of acute orofacial infection of odontogenic origin in children

UNSPECIFIED, ed. Clinical practice guidelines: management of acute orofacial infection of odontogenic origin in children. 1st ed. Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) . Health Technology Assessment Section, Putrajaya, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-0769-81-3 (2016)



Abstract

Odontogenic infections are among the most common infections of oral cavity. The causes of ondontogenic infections are dental pulp necrosis secondary to dental caries, deep dental restorations or dental trauma. They progress through 3 stages: inoculation,cellulititis and abscess. Odontogenic infections are usually localised, however, in acute orofacial infection stage, yhe infection can spread rapidly ranging from mild buccal space infection to a severe life-threatening multi-space infection.

Item Type: Book
Keywords: Odontogenic infections, Children, Epidemiology, Treatment, Dental pulp necrosis
Taxonomy: By Subject > Medicine > Dentistry, Oral Surgery
Local Content Hub: Subjects > Medicine
Depositing User: Farleen Azrina Zamberi
Date Deposited: 22 Jun 2022 08:58
Last Modified: 07 Sep 2022 03:22
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