No difference between irrigating and non-irrigating drains in the management of severe odontogenic infection

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Dental infections all too frequently result in cellulitis or abscess formation. Treatment often requires incision and draining allow with extraction of the tooth. Simple non-irrigating gravity drains have been in use for more than a century while catheter type drains which allow the possibility of daily irrigation are increasingly popular.   The aim of this trial [read the full story…]