Glossary

Odontogenic

Odontogenic

Odontogen

Odontogenic means «originating from the teeth» and describes complaints or infections that have their origin in a tooth or the tooth-supporting structures. An odontogenic abscess arises, for example, from an inflammation of a tooth root.

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