Prevalence of Odontogenic Deep Head and Neck Spaces Infection and its Correlation with Length of Hospital Stay.

The article presents a study which examines the potential risk factors correlated with increasing length of hospital stay among patients with deep head and neck spaces infections of odontogenic origin. The study investigates 297 patients with head and neck spaces infection who were admitted to Shiraz Khalili hospital through a medical chart review. The study concludes that the odontogenic infections were a common risk of deep head and neck spaces infection resulting to longer hospital stay.