PMID: 9540082Apr 16, 1998Paper

Do temperature and atmospheric pressure affect the incidence of serious odontogenic infection?

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics
J P MeningaudF Guilbert

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the popular belief that the incidence of odontogenic cellulitis is weather-related. Two meteorologic parameters were examined: temperature and atmospheric pressure. To test the hypothesis being studied, a retrospective cohort study design was used. Medical reports of all patients with serious odontogenic cellulitis who were treated at the Salpêtrière University Hospital between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 1995, (a total of 301 cases) were evaluated in relation to the weather. Hypothesizing that the incidence of odontogenic cellulitis was constant over a period of 1 year, the authors calculated the probability of observed incidence for each month over a 12-month period. The mean number of cases of odontogenic cellulitis (+/- standard error of the mean) for days on which (1) the temperature was within the same 2 degrees -C (3.6 degrees -F) interval and (2) the atmospheric pressure was within the same 3-hPa (2.25-mmHg) interval was also calculated. When the monthly incidence of odontogenic cellulitis and either the average temperature or the average atmospheric pressure for each month were examined together, fluctuation in the former seemed to be independent of the latter. Similar...Continue Reading

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Sep 9, 2015·Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery : Official Publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery·Rudolf SeemannWerner Millesi
Jul 24, 2012·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Georg CachovanUrsula Platzer

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