[Endodontic treatment in the therapy of alopecia areata]

In the aethiology of some rheumatic, cardiovascular, ophtalmologic and dermatologic the important role is attributed to dental focus, i.e. to periapical lesions as a very frequent endodontic pathosis. The purpose of this article was to describe a patient with Alopecia areata, to analyse the role of dental focus and to point out the importance of endodontic treatment in the therapy of this dermatologic disease.