Oral Surgery Final Flashcards
Odontogenic infection % aerobic % anaerobic -Gram positive _ -Gram negative _
25% aerobic
75% anaerobic
Gram positive cocci
Gram negative rods
Typical infections
_ are aerobes only
_ are mixed
_ are anaerobic only
7%
60% mixed
33% anaerobic
2 stages of ondontogenic infection
- Aerobic bacteria initiation
- spreading factors
- necrosis and hypoxemia - Anaerobic bacteria
- toxins
- wall off infection (abscess)
Course of odontogenic infection (3 stages)
Cellulitis
Abscess
Fistula
What causes cellulitis
Early vs. late cellulitis
Strep
Early: mild, soft, red, easy to treat
Late: diffuse, hard, life threatening, hard to treat
Abscesses are filled with _
Anaerobes
3 things that determine how odontogenic infections spread
Muscle attachments
Bone thickness
Root angulation
_ infection occurs in max anterior teeth because the roots are below _
Vestibular
Muscles
_ space infection occurs in the max posterior because roots of the teeth are _
Buccal
Above buccinator muscle
How to distinguish a buccal space infection
Feel inferior border of mandible, all infection is above it
Can drain in mouth
How to determine a submandibular space infection
Infection is below inferior border of mandible
Hard to drain into mouth
Ludwig’s angina
Bilateral submandibular, sublingual and submental space cellulitis
Primary space infections (6)
Vestibular Canine Buccal Sublingual Submental Submandibular
Vestibular space infections are where
Max anterior gingiva
6 secondary spaces can be infected
Pterygomandibular Masseteric Superficial and deep temporal Lateral pharyngeal Retropharyngeal Pre-vertebral
If infection gets into masticator space, what is hallmark of infection?
Can’t open mouth more than 15 mm (trismus)
How can a dentist cause pterygomandibular infection
Inject into a real dirty mouth
3 major complications of lateral pharyngeal space infections
Airway impingement
Spread to superior mediastinum
Spread into danger space/inferior mediastinum
How do severe fascial space infections happen
Prevent?
High speed hand piece, non-sterile air and water vented into space
Back venting air piece
What 5 things need to be considered in determining severity of disease
Rate of progression Quality and quantity and location of swelling Trismus Systemic involvement Airway
Admission is advised for swelling in _ and _
Secondary and neck spaces
Trismus indicates _
Secondary space involvement
Temp > _ indicates systemic involvement
101
Who is referred/admitted? _ onset _ compliance Severe swelling _ involvement _ Airway concerns Immunocompromised
Rapid onset Poor compliance Secondary space involvement <15mm opening Temp >101
Main surgical goal, 2 others
Remove source of infection
Drain pus
Release tension, improve circulation
Mild infection antibiotics:
Moderate infection antibiotics:
PCN allergy
Mild: amoxicillin 500 mg
Mod: amox 500 mg and metronidazole 500 mg
PCN allergy: cephalexin (with metro)
For a severe odontogenic infection, do what?
Mild allergy?
Severe allergy?
Penicillin G with metronidazole
Cephalexin for mild allergy
Clindamycin for severe allergy
1 reason for treatment failure
Inadequate surgery