Etiology and Demographic Distribution of Odontogenic Abscesses in the Maxillofacial Area in Patients Over 18 Years of Age: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Abstract

ConclusionsKnowledge of odontogenic abscesses -their demographic distribution, frequency and etiology, their diagnosis and treatment -is the basis for the prediction and treatment outcome of these diseases, mainly affecting young people. Their treatment is both surgical in order to evacuate the suppurative focus, and antibacterial.