title: Dens in dente associated with infective endocarditis.
abstract: This article describes an 11-year-old patient in whom infective endocarditis developed after the occurrence of a dental abscess associated with a dens in dente affecting the maxillary left lateral incisor. Dens in dente has not been reported in the literature previously as a source of infection associated with infective endocarditis. A prolonged period of hospitalization was required to control the infective endocarditis, which was caused by a strain of nutritionally deficient streptococci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dental Health, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Whyman
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: MacFadyen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003719:Dens in Dente / Q000150:complications*; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology