Background: Head and neck infections are commonly caused by affections with an
odontogenic origin. Untreated or non-responsive to treatment odontogenic infections can …

Purpose On July 1, 2012, the Illinois legislature passed the Save Medicaid Access and
Resources Together (SMART) Act, which restricts adult public dental insurance coverage to …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe the state of economic analyses in the field
of oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS). Materials and Methods A systematic search of …

Background There were 2 main purposes of this retrospective chart review study. The first
was to describe the demographic, social, and financial characteristics of patients with severe …

Purpose The aims of the present study are to present the epidemiology and management of
patients hospitalized with odontogenic infections in a major Greek hospital from 2015 to …

Purpose Hospital treatment of odontogenic infections can be costly, and often these
infections present with varying degrees of severity that can be quantified with odontogenic …

Background The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic significantly affected health care
systems worldwide, and the field of dentistry is no exception. Odontogenic infections in …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to document the effect of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) on patients presenting to the University of Washington Oral and Maxillofacial …

The progression of odontogenic infections to necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) is
unknown. The Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) score is used to …

Background Acute odontogenic infections are a common surgical emergency managed by
public hospitals in Australia which cause considerable patient morbidity and occasionally …