Significant increase in hospital admissions for the management of severe dental infection in England 2000–2020 - 21/09/21
Doi : 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.07.009
Highlights |
• | Dental infection is commonly caused by the preventable condition dental caries (decay). |
• | Dental infection should be treated early by incision and drainage, extraction of the tooth or initiation of root treatment. |
• | Severe dental infection is a potentially life threatening condition requiring hospitalisation for surgical drainage and airway support. |
• | Over the last twenty years admissions to Englands hospitals with severe dental infection have increased more than 3.5 fold. |
• | In 2019–2020 the number of bed days associated with the management of severe dental infection was 5629. |
• | Policymakers should investigate this worrying phenomenon to identify the cause and to prevent these avoidable admissions. |
Keywords : Humans, Dental care, Dental caries, Dental pulp diseases, Hospitalization, Abscess, Cellulitis, Sepsis, Tooth extraction, Drainage, Focal infection
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Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Vol 83 - N° 4
P. 496-522 - octobre 2021 Retour au numéro
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