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ArticleClinical oral investigations2020

Dependence of odontogenic abscess on meteorological parameters: truth or myth?

S Spalthoff, P Jehn, K Treptow, R Zimmerer, P Korn, F Tavassol, N-C Gellrich, J Dittmann

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Article in Clinical oral investigations, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S SpalthoffDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. spalthoff.simon@mh-hannover.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1381-1182
P JehnDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
K TreptowDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
R ZimmererDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
P KornDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
F TavassolDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
N-C GellrichDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
J DittmannDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIt is still a common belief among dental practitioners that odontogenic abscesses are somehow linked to meteorological parameters. We investigated the influence of different meteorological parameters on the type of surgical abscess treatment (intra- versus extraoral incision) as a measure of the weather-dependent severity of infection. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed 841 patients who presented at our outpatient clinic with an odontogenic abscess between 2004 and 2013.

resultsWe found no statistical dependence between intra- versus extraoral abscess incision with regard to temperature, atmospheric pressure, or relative air humidity. The annual distribution of abscesses was even, and the number of abscesses with greater or lesser mean values of each meteorological parameter did not differ significantly.

conclusionsOur results showed no statistical relationship between meteorological parameters and intra- or extraoral abscess incisions. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Our analysis supports the assumption that the theorized relationship between odontogenic abscesses and meteorological parameters remains a myth.

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AbscessDentistsHumansProfessional RoleRetrospective StudiesWeatherAtmospheric pressureIntraoral abscessesMeteorological medicineMeteorological parametersOdontogenic abscessesTemperature

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