Plastic iritis secondary to an odontogenic infection

✍ Scribed by Sheila L. Duda

• Book ID: 104359152
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 922 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0953-4431
• DOI: 10.1016/s0953-4431(97)00010-6

✦ Synopsis

The spread of an odontogenic infection to the orbit is a relatively rare occurrence. The spread of acute dental infection is affected by the relationship of the teeth to the alveolar process (the part of the mandible or maxilla containing the tooth sockets) and by the arrangement of the muscles and fasciae of the face and neck [l]. The following paper describes in detail the possible ocular complications of odontogenic infections and the pathways of transmission.