something like that (search 'foyer dentaire' within Google results for 'tendons'

This is how it relates to teeth: the dental focus of infection can infect other tissues (such as tendons). See links below.

Domaine(s) : - médecine


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foyer d'infection n. m.
focus of infection



Sous-entrée(s) :
synonyme(s)
foyer infectieux n. m.

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Domaine(s) : - médecine
sémiologie et pathologie


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anglais

foyer n. m.
focus


Définition :
Siège principal d'une maladie ou localisation d'un phénomène pathologique, d'une lésion.


Note(s) :
Un foyer peut être infectieux lorsqu'il est le lieu de prolifération des germes.
On parle également de « foyer de fracture » pour désigner l'endroit exact de la désunion, avec tous les délabrements musculaires, tendineux et vasculaires qu'elle comporte.
Le foyer d'une maladie infectieuse est, du point de vue épidémiologique, le lieu de sa première apparition connue, d'où elle s'est étendue.
Foyer de fracture, foyer infectieux dentaire, par exemple.



FocalInfection
... this means of course is that a dental focus of infection may not only infect other tissues but ... with a probable primary dental focus of infection. Chest (1981 Jul) 80 ...
www.bcd.com.au/Documents/RCTFocalInfection.html

WHC - THE DANGERS OF FOCAL TEETH INFECTIONS
Worldwide Directory of Natural & Alternative Medicine, practitioners worldwide, online shop, articles and information. ... this means of course is that a dental focus of infection may not only infect other tissues but ... with a probable primary dental focus of infection. Chest (1981 Jul) 80 ...
www.worldwidehealthcenter.net/articles-262.html

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or just \"dental focus\":

Hemophilus aphrophilus endocarditis with a probable primary dental ...
Chest. 1981 Jul;80(1):109-10. Hemophilus aphrophilus endocarditis with a probable
primary dental focus of infection. Root TE, Silva EA, Edwards LD, Topp JH. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=7249697&dopt=Abstract - Similar pages

Endocarditis from a dental focus. Importance of oral hygiene in ...
Int J Cardiol. 1989 Jun;23(3):343-7. Endocarditis from a dental focus. Importance
of oral hygiene in valvar heart disease. Verhaaren ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=2737778&dopt=Abstract

nicomain
... If the dental focus is the cause of the pain, it is a much simpler matter to remove
a dead tooth or clean out a NICO lesion than to do brain surgery, which has ...
www.bcd.com.au/Documents/NicoMain.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

www.neuraltherapy.com
... x-ray changes. Is the immune system weak, there will be no visible x-ray changes
around a dental focus (page 186). To diagnose, Issels ...
www.neuraltherapy.com/a_tonsils.asp - 13k