Abstract
It has been well known that some systemic diseases are the result frequently of primary affliction of oral diseases such as dental caries. However, it is hard to prove the relationship between the oral diseases and the systemic diseases. In many reports, those relationship were supposed by the fact that removal of foci of affliction in the oral region were followed by improvement of systemic diseases.
This study is a clinical case report of systemic erythema caused by dental caries of deciduous teeth.
A seven -year-old girl afflicted with systemic erythema underwent dental treatment in dental section of the National Children's Hospital. After ten deciduous caries teeth with apical periodontitis were removed by keeping in close communication with pediatric specialists, the systemic erythema disappeared and did not reappear.
