Retrospective Study of Pediatric Facial Cellulitis of Odontogenic Origin

Abstract

The differences in upper and lower face infections and differences in gender were not clinically significant. Surgical or dental interventions can be delayed through the proper use of antibiotics. With correct diagnosis, antibiotic treatment and appropriate timing for surgical or dental interventions, rapid resolution of the infection is expected.

Nontraumatic Dental Complaints in a Pediatric Emergency Department

“…4 Although there are few true dental emergencies, accurate diagnosis of odontogenic infections, treatment, and referral are necessary to prevent an often significant morbidity. 5,6 Dental caries is the predominant cause of emergency visits followed by dental trauma. 4,7 Early childhood caries accounted for 18% of all dental caries visits to ED in one study, 4 and a similar study showed that caries of the first and second primary molars was involved in a disproportionate amount of facial cellulitis compared with caries of incisors, an early sign of excessive nursing bottle feeding.…”

Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Moxifloxacin and Clindamycin in the Treatment of Odontogenic Abscesses and Inflammatory Infiltrates: a Phase II, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial

“…Antibiotic therapy is indicated when there are clear signs of systemic involvement such as pyrexia, lymphadenopathy, difficulty in swallowing, and lockjaw (6,15).…”

Consideraciones médico-odontológicas en la atención del niño con celulitis facial odontogénica. Una patología de interés para pediatras y odontopediatras

“…Cuando esta reacción inflamatoria continúa, aparecen células mononucleares (monolitos y linfocitos) y la subsiguiente formación de tejido de granulación. 5,6 E n e l p r o c e s o i n f l a m a t o r i o , p u e d e complejizarse el cuadro con dependencia de la magnitud de la agresión microbiana y la capacidad defensiva del organismo. Esto puede generar una respuesta inflamatoria sistémica que conduce, en ocasiones, al shock séptico, a la falla multiorgánica y, finalmente, a la muerte.…”

“…Esto puede generar una respuesta inflamatoria sistémica que conduce, en ocasiones, al shock séptico, a la falla multiorgánica y, finalmente, a la muerte. 6 …”

“…Por lo tanto, las bacterias que se aíslan en la infección odontogénica son las mismas que componen la microbiota. 6 Las infecciones de la cavidad bucal pueden ser bacterianas, micóticas o virales. Las infecciones odontogénicas tienden a ser mixtas, anaerobias y aerobias, a pesar de que los microorganismos anaerobios predominan.…”