Epidemiology of Oral and Maxillofacial Infections

Arvind Babu Rajendra Santosh; Orrett E Ogle; Dwight Williams; Edward F Woodbine

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2016.11.003

Epidemiology of Oral and Maxillofacial Infections

Dent Clin North Am. 2017 Apr;61(2):217-233. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2016.11.003.

Authors

Arvind Babu Rajendra Santosh¹, Orrett E Ogle², Dwight Williams³, Edward F Woodbine⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dentistry Programme, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies. Electronic address: arvindbabu2001@gmail.com.
² Atlanta, GA, USA; Dentistry Program, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, West Indies; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
³ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Dentistry/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Woodhull Medical Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA.

PMID: 28317563
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2016.11.003

Abstract

Dental caries and periodontal disease are the most common dental infections and are constantly increasing worldwide. Distribution, occurrence of dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, odontogenic infections, antibiotic resistance, oral mucosal infections, and microbe-related oral cancer are important to understand the public impact and methods of controlling such disease. Distribution of human papilloma virus and human immunodeficiency virus -related oral cancers in the US population is presented.

Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Dental caries; Gingivitis; Microbe-related oral cancer; Odontogenic infections; Oral mucosal infections; Periodontitis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Face / microbiology*
Humans
Infections / epidemiology*
Maxillary Diseases / epidemiology*
Maxillary Diseases / microbiology*
Mouth Diseases / epidemiology*
Mouth Diseases / microbiology*