{"id":8348,"date":"2019-01-27T14:02:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T14:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/la-infeccion-apical-y-nuestro-organismo\/"},"modified":"2019-01-27T14:02:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T14:02:27","slug":"apical-infection-and-our-organism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/apical-infection-and-our-organism\/","title":{"rendered":"Apical infection and our body"},"content":{"rendered":"

A question I am regularly asked by my patients at the clinic V\u00e9lez and Lozano<\/a>The question is whether infections in their teeth can have repercussions on the rest of the body. Sometimes they come asymptomatic, i.e. without pain or inflammation, and we happen to see on an X-ray a large focus of infection associated in many cases with a previous endodontic treatment that has not been effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

CAUSES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The reasons why a previous endodontic treatment has not been effective can be very varied, from an inadequate technique to anatomical difficulties that are difficult to resolve. But an endodontist, with appropriate diagnostic tests, and above all with an operating microscope, will be able to resolve many of these situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we are not always able to convey to the patient the importance of treating such infections, and it is precisely this aspect that I wanted to talk to you about today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONSEQUENCES OF APICAL ABSCESS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The apical abscess, that infection at the tip of the root, has many adverse effects, sometimes it hurts, or the gum becomes inflamed, and can cause the tooth to move and even be lost. Instead, the real problem, and what we are asking ourselves today, is whether this type of infection can pass to the rest of the body, through the blood vessels that pass around and inside our teeth, and travel to the rest of the body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article<\/a> y this<\/a> other, they delve deeper into the issue and find association between periapical infection and systemic diseases<\/strong>. These are some of its conclusions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n