How do you drain a buccal space infection?
The abscess is drained via a horizontal incision 2.0 to 2.5 cm below the lower border of the mandible. A subplatysmal flap is raised and the masseter muscle is breached to expose the abscess through the pterygomasseteric sling13. Drainage will be performed under local or general anesthesia.
What are severe complications that could arise from odontogenic infections?
Odontogenic infections can spread and cause severe complications, e.g. compromised airways, sepsis, tissue necrosis, endocarditis, mediastinitis and deep neck infections [3].
Can you get necrotizing fasciitis in your mouth?
Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck is a rare disease, but dentists may encounter it because dental infection is the main cause of this disease. The reduction in mortality of this disease depends upon its early detection and adequate surgical treatment.
What type of gangrene is usually a result of arterial occlusion?
Dry gangrene occurs when the arterial blood supply to an area is occluded but the venous or lymphatic drainage is intact. Wet or moist gangrene is caused by occlusion or impairment of lymphatic and venous drainage plus putrefaction caused by a bacterial infection.
What is orofacial infection?
Odontogenic orofacial infections arise either from dental caries or periodontal infections that have extended beyond the alveolar bone to involve the fascial spaces around the face and oral cavity. These infections tend to spread along planes of least resistance from the supporting structures of the affected tooth.
How do you drain a periodontal abscess?
To accomplish this, your dentist may:
- Open up (incise) and drain the abscess. The dentist will make a small cut into the abscess, allowing the pus to drain out, and then wash the area with salt water (saline).
- Perform a root canal.
- Pull the affected tooth.
- Prescribe antibiotics.
What is buccal space abscess?
Buccal space abscesses typically cause a facial swelling over the cheek that may extend from the zygomatic arch above to the inferior border of the mandible below, and from the anterior border the masseter muscle posteriorly to the angle of the mouth anteriorly.
What does odontogenic infection mean?
Odontogenic infections are infections that originate in the teeth and/or their supporting tissues. Such infections are common, and a large proportion of infections of the head and neck region are of odontogenic origin.
What is odontogenic?
[ ō-dŏn′tə-jĕn′ĭk ] adj. Of or relating to the formation and development of teeth. Arising in tissues that form the teeth, as a tumor.