Case Report: Severe Dental Abscess Complications in Rural Sierra Leone.
Journal
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
ISSN: 1476-1645
Titre abrégé: Am J Trop Med Hyg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0370507
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
22 11 2021
22 11 2021
Historique:
received:
23
08
2021
accepted:
19
09
2021
pubmed:
24
11
2021
medline:
3
3
2022
entrez:
23
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Prevalence data on severe dental infections is scarce, particularly for low-income countries. Patients with dental abscess complications who presented from September 2020 until December 2020 in two hospitals in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, were included into this case series. We report on a total of 20 patients, median age 28 years, with severe complications of dental abscesses, with a mortality rate of 45%. This case series illustrates the severity of the dire consequences of the absence of access to basic dental and oral healthcare.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34814107
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0923
pii: tpmd210923
pmc: PMC8832928
doi:
pii:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Observational Study
Langues
eng
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