Oral infections and orofacial pain in Alzheimer's disease: case report and review

Abstract Dental infections, frequent in the general population, are a common cause of inflammation with systemic impact, and are the most common cause of orofacial pain. Temporomandibular disorders are also frequent in the elderly and represent an important cause of secondary headache. Both inflamma...

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Main Authors: Silvia Regina Dowgan T. de Siqueira, Thaís de Souza Rolim, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Ricardo Nitrini, Renato Anghinah, José Tadeu T. de Siqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642010000200145&lng=en&tlng=en