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  • Title: Pediatric maxillofacial infections: a retrospective study of 113 patients.
    Author: Dodson TB, Perrott DH, Kaban LB.
    Journal: J Oral Maxillofac Surg; 1989 Apr; 47(4):327-30. PubMed ID: 2926541.
    Abstract:
    This is a retrospective review of 113 hospitalized children with maxillofacial infections. The upper face (orbits, paranasal sinuses, maxillary teeth, and cheeks) was affected most frequently in younger children (mean age = 4.03 years), and the source of infection was often unknown. The patients were treated empirically with a second-generation cephalosporin. Lower-face infections (mandibular teeth, submental, sublingual, and submandibular structures) occurred more frequently in older children (mean age = 5.56 years) and were likely to be of odontogenic origin. Empiric therapy in lower face infections usually consisted of penicillin.
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