FACIALSPACE INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS SEEN AT RURAL HEALTH CENTER BHABRA, PUNJAB. PAKISTAN

Abstract

Objectives:The purpose of the study was to determine facial space infection frequency, the teeth involved and also its association with quackery among the patients visiting Rural Health Care Center Bhabra, Pakistan.
Materials & Methods:A cross-sectional study was carried out in RHC, Bhabra over a period of six months onto the patients reporting to the centre with facial space infection. Total 60 pa -tients were included in the study after fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A structured questionnaire was distributed among these patients, and the data were collected. All the data was entered in the SPSS 20 and tabulated into percentages and figures. p-value of < 0.05 was considered signiicant.
Results: Facial space infection reported for different etiological factors and their relationship with demographical variables, different teeth involved and predisposing factors were measured. Canine space infection was seen to be significantly involved with a p-value of 0.033. Maxillary canine followed by maxillary third molars were the teeth commonly involved with a p-value of 0.023. Role of quack in the spread of facial space infection was seen to be very strong with the linear by the linear association of 0.872, with strong correlation for dental caries and Facial Space Infection with Spearman correlation of 0.82.
Conclusion:There was a lack of awareness among the people of rural health area population, Bhabra regarding oral health care. Facial space infection a life-threatening disease is evocatively associated with quackery practices at rural areas of Pakistan and should be stopped immediately through proper implementation of legislation to prevent such practices.