[Clinical study of dental and periodontal infectious complications observed at the Central Hospital of Yaounde--apropos of 161 cases].

The septic condition resulting from an apical infection, a peridontal infection, an accident of dental eruption or post-extraction can be disseminated and can lead to complications. A retrospective study of 161 cases admitted at the Central Hospital of Yaounde from 1995 to 1998 was done with the aim of establishing a distribution according to sex, age, profession, infectious stage and causes of late consultation as well as the relation between the infectious stage, aetiology, age and profession. It was observed that: the age group mostly affected were: 10-19 years (25.46%) and 20-29 years (30.43%), it was at the late stage of abscess (54.03%) and of phlegmon (32.91%) that the patients came for consultation and this was primarily due to poor socio-economic conditions (55.90%), abscess was formed mostly among the students of 10-19 years and 0-9 years while phlegmon was observed mostly among the students between 20-29 years. It was for these reasons that we suggest: a better prevention of infectious dental diseases in schools and universities, a sensibilisation of parents and educators on the economic interest of early treatment of these infections.