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Published in Keith Hopcroft, Vincent Forte, Symptom Sorter, 2020
It is tempting to give antibiotics for a dental abscess, but the old surgical maxim ‘if there’s pus about, let it out’ still holds true. Antibiotics may help reduce pain and surrounding infection but are only a temporary measure and may delay definitive treatment in those trying to avoid seeing a dentist, and increase the risk of complications. Encourage patients to see a dentist in the first place: offering a referral letter is helpful and may help to overcome any possible barrier to urgent access to a dentist at the dental reception desk.
Leprosy in skulls from the Paris Catacombs
Published in Annals of Human Biology, 2020
Patrícia D. Deps, Simon M. Collin, Sylvie Robin, Philippe Charlier
Characteristics of the two skulls classified as probable leprosy in relation to RMS criteria were as follows: (i) anterior nasal spine, both had resorption; (ii) alveolar processes of maxilla, one had severe recession, one a dental abscess; (iii) palatine process of maxilla nasal surface, one had slight inflammation, one was undefined; (iv) palatine process of maxilla oral surface, one had slight inflammation, one was undefined; (v) conchae and nasal septum, one had loss of nasal septum, one was undefined; (vi) nasal aperture, both had progressive resorption; (vii) posterior alveolar margins of the maxilla, both had alveolar resorption. “Undefined” meant that the presence, absence, or condition of the bone feature could not be determined.
Low reproducibility between oral radiologists and general dentists with regards to radiographic diagnosis of caries
Published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2018
Elmira Pakbaznejad Esmaeili, Tuomas Pakkala, Jari Haukka, Päivi Siukosaari
Untreated dental caries requiring restorative treatment is a common odontological disease with a prevalence of 31% in dentate Finnish adults [1]. Undiagnosed and untreated dental caries may ultimately cause bacterial pulp infection, dental abscess and sometimes even life-threatening systematic conditions [2]. The impact of impaired oral health on general health, especially among older populations is a well-known issue [3–6]. According to the report released by the FDI World Dental Federation, ‘As part of the recent international collaborative Global Burden of Disease Study (1990-2010), untreated tooth decay was identified as the most common condition among 291 diseases studied’ [4, p. 5].
Is dental evaluation considered in unilateral maxillary sinusitis? A retrospective case series
Published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2018
Definition of OMS: Patients having a predominantly unilateral sinus opacification on CT, and sinus symptoms were defined as having OMS by the ENT specialist if 1. dental pathology was diagnosed by a dentist in relation to the affected sinus, 2. if the patient had a history of dental disease or dental treatment of the upper jaw on the same side in temporal relation to the symptom onset and CT finding or 3. radiological signs of a dental abscess or an oro-antral communication on the CT scan.