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Orofacial and odontogenic infections are diverse in etiology and clinical presentation. Elderly patients are particularly at risk because of poor oral health and relatively high prevalence of dental caries and periodontal disease. Such infections in the elderly may be localized and indolent, or invasive and life-threatening. Patients with systemic underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus are also prone to more serious infections. The increasing need for valvular and joint replacements in the elderly also exposes this population to a greater risk for serious complications such as infective endocarditis or prosthetic infections from hematogenous seeding of odontogenic infections (1).
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Chow, A.W. (2001). Orofacial and Odontogenic Infections. In: Yoshikawa, T.T., Norman, D.C. (eds) Infectious Disease in the Aging. Infectious Disease. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-026-1_14
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