The human organism coexists with its microbiota in a symbiotic relationship. These
polymicrobial communities are involved in many crucial functions, such as immunity …

Introduction Odontogenic foci can rarely cause intracranial infection. Hematogenous spread
is considered to be the most important pathophysiological mechanism of intracranial …

Inflammatory periodontal diseases are highly prevalent, although most of these diseases
develop and progress slowly, often unnoticed by the affected individual. However, a …

Purpose: To provide nationally representative estimates of hospital-based emergency
department visits (ED) for dental caries, pulp and periapical lesions, gingival/periodontal …

Odontogenic brain and pulmonary abscess are an extremely rare infectious disease. It is
mainly caused by upward or downward transmission of local infection or blood borne …

Introduction We aimed to investigate the relationship between blood profile and histologic
findings in both apical periodontitis (AP) and periodontal disease (PD) associated with …

A brain abscess may result when dental infection reaches the brain through contiguous
anatomic cavities such as the maxillary sinus, the ethmoid sinus and the orbital cavity. It is …

A brain abscess that originates from an odontogenic infection, although rare, can at times be
difficult to diagnose, especially in the context of pain and trismus. We report a rare case of …

Odontogenic infections are rarely implicated in the causes of brain abscess formation. As
such, there are very few reports of brain abscesses secondary to odontogenic infections in …

Brain abscesses are rare and severe infections with high mortality, corresponding to
neurosurgical emergencies. 12% of all abscesses are caused by odontogenic etiologies …