"Focal Infection, Dental" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Secondary or systemic infections due to dissemination throughout the body of microorganisms whose primary focus of infection lies in the periodontal tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D005491
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.392.433 C07.793.348
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| Concept/Terms |
Focal Infection, Dental- Focal Infection, Dental
- Focal Infections, Dental
- Infections, Dental Focal
- Dental Focal Infection
- Dental Focal Infections
- Infection, Dental Focal
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Focal Infection, Dental" by people in Profiles.
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Joshipura K, Ritchie C, Douglass C. Strength of evidence linking oral conditions and systemic disease. Compend Contin Educ Dent Suppl. 2000; (30):12-23; quiz 65.