Suppurating facial lesions may be a sign of dental infection

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 416-418

  Moir, G C ^a   Morris, A M ^a   McClure, I J ^a  

^a Dundee Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic dental sepsis; Facial suppuration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SKIN ABSCESS; TOOTH INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DENTAL FISTULA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 0030449978     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Shafer WG, Maynard MK, Levy BM. A Textbook of Oral Pathology, 4th edn. London: WB Sounders, 1983: chapters 8 & 9.
2. Marasco PV, Taylor RG, Marks MW, Argenta LC. Dentocutaneous fistula. Ann Plast Surg 1992; 29: 205-10.