Focal Infection

Periodontitis and systemic disease

“…Around 1900 William Hunter, a British Doctor, identified links between oral sepsis and disease of other organs in the body and this was termed the theory of 'focal infection' . 2 The proponents relied heavily on clinical experience highlighting cases where the removal of infected teeth produced improvements in general health. These observations lacked the rigor of modern scientific studies and the theory of focal infection was later discarded.…”

Periodontology: Disease group

“…Focal infection, too, has come of age, with ever increasing evidence of the relationships between periodontal and systemic diseases. 6,7 Not that we should ever forget the roots (no pun intended) of our common chronic inflammatory periodontal disease group, although assessment in ancient populations is undoubtedly best done when one uses, for example, Miles' method of ageing and Darling and Levers' methods of assessing eruption and bone height, which provided the evidence for the widespread nature of both caries and the chronic inflammatory periodontal diseases. 8 H. N. Newman London…”

Periodontal and systemic health conditions of the patients treated in the student clinic of department of periodontology betweeen the years 2012-2014

“…Periodontal hastalık gibi lokalize veya fokal bir enfeksiyonun sistemik etkileri olabileceği düşüncesi 20. yüzyılın başlarında önem kazanmaya başlamıştır. 5 Günümüzde ise lokal enfeksiyöz hastalıkların sistemik hastalıkların başlamasına neden olmasa da iki temel mekanizma ile seyrini etkilediği düşünülmektedir. Bu mekanizmalardan ilki bakteriyemi yoluyla uzak bölge-lerde enfeksiyona neden olabilmesidir.…”