Chronic Dental Infection (Dental Sepsis, Oral Sepsis)

Chronic dental infection is a focus of chronic inflammation in the oral cavity (mainly periapical and parodoital inflammatory processes), causing sensitization of the body.

Symptoms

The course is sluggish and prolonged. Weakness, fatigue, headache, low-grade body temperature, leukocytosis alternating with leukopenia, lymphocytosis, secondary anemia, increased ESR, increased titer of O-streptolysin, positive skin tests for allergens, in particular streptococcal, are observed.

Diagnostics

The examination reveals teeth with dead pulp, periodontal pockets or a lesion in the toothless jaw. The lesion often causes the development and maintains the course of rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, glomerulonephritis and other infectious and allergic diseases.

Treatment

Usually they resort to tooth extraction and surgical excision of the periodontal pocket. Non-operative elimination of the lesion in the tooth and periodontium is also possible. The patient is subject to dispensary observation.

Prevention

Prevention consists of sanitation of the oral cavity and early elimination of foci of chronic inflammation in it.