SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF ENDODONTIC INFECTIONS - SOME CAUTIONARY TALES

While endodontic (dentoalveolar) abscesses can cause significant morbi dity, in susceptible individuals they can pose life-threatening proble ms. This paper provides an overview of the more serious sequelae of en dodontic abscesses, and provides examples of 'high risk' situations in practice in which these serious complications are more likely to occu r.