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Global Research Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.2(3) pp.038 – 042 October 2012
Available online http://www.globalresearchjournals.org/journal/?id=GRJMS
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Case Study.
SEVERE CERVICOFACIAL INFECTION OF DENTAL ORIGIN
Dr. A.C Obiadazie 1.Dr. D.S Adeola 2.Dr. Bassey Godwin Obi 3.
1,2 Maxillofacial Unit , ABUTH, Zaria.
3Maxillofacial Unit, University Of Calabar Teaching Hospital.
2Corresponding author’s E-mail: adeolad@hotmail.com, Tel +234 (0)62 218788 GSM +234 (0)80 37189654
Abstract
Objective: To highlight severe cervicofacial infection of dental origin as an important health problem in Northern Nigeria.
Method: This is a prospective control study of 26 patients (twenty six) with severe cervicofacial infection of dental origin managed at the maxillo-facial department of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria between January 2006 to December 2010
Result: Nineteen (19) of the twenty six patients were males and seven females; the age range is between 25 to 68 years. Nine (9) cases result from odontogenic causes while seventeen (17) occurred from post-operative dental complications.
Conclusion: Extraction from unqualified personnel (quacks) contributed immensely to the cause of severe cervicofacial infection of dental origin in this area
Keywords: Tissue spaces, abscess, antibiotics, Cervicofacial, Northern Nigeria.