Odontogenic focal diseases

Abstract

The pathogenic role of dental foci of infection in the emergence of a very wide range of diseases of various localization is generally recognized. In accordance with modern ideas, the dental focus is considered as a source of hetero- (microbial, medicinal) and autosensitization of the body. The realization of the pathogenic effect of the dental focus is to a large extent connected with its depressing effect on the nonspecific resistance of the organism.