ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2019
Severe odontogenic infections: a 5-year review of a major referral hospital in Ghana.
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- Cost and Length of Hospitalization Associated with Dental Infections: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in odontogenic infection: a systematic review.Head & face medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Odontogenic Maxillofacial Space Infections Among Adult Patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study (2023-2025).Health science reports · 2026Article
- Trends and Economic Burden of Odontogenic Infections in Peri-Urban Ghana.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Predictors of Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay in Patients With Odontogenic Infections in Ghana.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- Impact of Covid-19 on the incidence and severity of odontogenic infections in Fiji islands: a multicenter hospital-based retrospective study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Epidemiological characteristics and risk factors for prolonged hospitalisation in oral and maxillofacial space infections: a 3-year retrospective study of 217 cases.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Maxillofacial Infections: A 5-Year Assessment of the Epidemiology and Etiology in an Iranian Population.Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery · 2024Article
- Profile of Patients with Maxillofacial Space Infections and Associated Risk Factors.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2024Article
- Evolution of the treatment of severe odontogenic infections over 50 years: A comprehensive review.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023Review
- Odontogenic-Related Head and Neck Infections: From Abscess to Mediastinitis: Our Experience, Limits, and Perspectives-A 5-Year Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- The Role of C-Reactive Protein and Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting the Severity of Odontogenic Infections in Adult Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Oral and Maxillofacial Infections-A Bacterial and Clinical Cross-Section.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Cavernous Sinus Involvement and Near Miss Mediastinitis following Mandibular Tooth Infection Treated during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment.Case reports in dentistry · 2022Article
- Complicated Odontogenic Infections at 2 District Hospitals in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Cohort Study (DELAY).JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Case Report: Severe Dental Abscess Complications in Rural Sierra Leone.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Observational
- Clinical Presentation and Factors Leading to Complications of Deep Neck Space Infections at CHUK.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2021Article
- Odontogenic Cervicofacial Infection in Pregnancy: A Need for Oral Care.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2021Article
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- Quackery as a Cause of Maxillofacial Infections and Its Implications.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
introductionOdontogenic infections are fairly common in healthcare settings. However, late presentations such as Ludwig's angina, facial cellulitis, necrotizing cervical fasciitis (NCF), among others could lead to mortality. In view of suggestions that the occurrence of severe, near-fatal odontogenic infections is declining, this study set out to determine the incidence of such severe odontogenic infections over the past 5 years at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, a major referral centre in Ghana.
methodsA retrospective review was done, involving all patients with severe odontogenic infection, thereby requiring admission, per stated criteria at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dental clinic), Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, in the period between July 2012 and July 2017. The cumulative incidence for the respective years were then computed for the years of review.
resultsA total of 243 patients were included in the study. This consisted of 121 males and 122 females, with an average age of 42.9 years (SD = 16.6), ranging from 18 months to 91 years. Incidence proportions for the years of the review were 8.2, 8.9, 17.7, 17.9 and 27.7 people per 1000 cases of tooth-related infections for the respective years. With a fatality rate of 5.8%, the incidence of odontogenic infections among patients attending the outpatient Dental clinic of the hospital is 40.3%, while that of dentoalveolar abscess is 6.2%. Ludwig's angina was the commonest (52%) form of presentation of spreading odontogenic infection.
conclusionThis study highlights the importance of persisting severe, near-fatal odontogenic infections in Ghana. Not only is there a need to assess the public, professional and institutional strategies to management, but for more evidence-based studies in our local setting to aid in management.
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