:: : : : : : : : It's pretty clear to me that dentistry has moved on from this particular sort of focal infection theory.
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I should mention that of Barrett's claims only the focal infection theory one has any reference and those can be shown to be possibly out of date.
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That was his sole contribution to focal infection theory ( frankly, that " was " focal infection theory in the 1930s ), and that was completely abandoned.
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:: Pallasch also points to an " orgy " of tonsillectomies as well as tooth extractions being part of the whole over zealousness with focal infection theory.
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That was his sole contribution to focal infection theory ( frankly, that " was " focal infection theory in the 1930s ), and that was completely abandoned.
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The sources that do in fact discuss Price " and " focal infection theory appear not to be doing a very good job differentiating between the two themselves.
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They say Price's work was disproven or fell out of favor or whatever, then they talk about correlating infections to certain diseases without using the phrase Focal Infection Theory.
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For example, focal infection theory, which held that focal infections of the tonsils or teeth are a primary cause of systemic disease, was once considered to be medical fact.
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:: " The oral focal infection theory, a concept generally neglected for several decades, is controversial yet has gained renewed interest with progress in classification and identification of oral microorganism.
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In 1986, it was noted that, " in spite of a decline in recognition of the focal-infection theory, the association of decayed teeth with systemic disease is taken very seriously ".
