[Odontogenic soft tissue infections (localization, treatment and course in 1002 cases)]

Between 1965 and 1974, 1002 patients were treated on an in-patient basis for odontogenous soft-tissue infections. Abcesses were observed in 960 patients; inflammatory infiltrate, in 39 patients; a phlegmon, in 3 patients. The relation of male to female patients was 56:44. The 21- to 30-year-old age group was most frequently affected. Antibiotic therapy was administered over a period of weeks prior to admission in 87% of the patients. Operative procedures prior to admission had been performed on only a few patients.