Table 3.

Summary of odontogenic cause, surgical treatment, and adverse outcomes.

	Author, Year, Country of Origin	Odontogenic Cause	Intervention	Anaesthesia	Adverse Outcomes
1	Fayek SS et al. [11] 1994, Saudi Arabia	right second molar tooth in the lower jaw	drainage + extraction	GA	fetal distress and C-section 38 weeks
2	Martin F. et al. [12] 2004, France	dental abscess NR	drainage	GA	foetal distress and C-section 36 weeks
3	Abramowicz et al. [13] 2006, USA	lower left third molar	awake tracheostomy + drainage + extraction	GA	maternal ICU post op (6 days)
4	Niederhauser A. et al. [14] 2006, USA	multiple periapical abscesses	bilateral drainage + multiple extractions	GA	maternal ICU post op (1 day)
5	Soltero R. et al. [15] 2009, Puerto Rico	recurrence of a periapical abscess	drainage + extraction	LA	no complications
6	Rana AS. et al. [16] 2009, India	lower right third molar	tracheostomy +drainage + delay extraction	GA	C-section 34 weeks simultaneously with the surgical procedure
7	Rajeev S. et al. [17] 2008, India	right second molar	drainage	GA	normal delivery 37 weeks of a 1700-g baby
8	Moorhead K. et al. [18] 2010, USA	tooth abscess NR	tracheotomy + drainage + extraction of five of teeth	GA	preterm C-section; infant weighing 2120 grams: mather and baby needed ICU
9	Hobson DT. et al. [19] 2011, USA	left maxillary third molar	drainage of left pterygoid abscess + multiple partial lobectomies	GA	C-section at 39 weeks; maternal neurologic deficits, which included Broca’s aphasia and apraxia with right hemiplegia
10	Çelebi N. et al. [20] 2013, Turkey	lower left third molar	drainage + extraction	LA	8 h later foetal distress: C-section, baby needed ICU (12 days)
11	Mukherjee S. et al. [21] 2013, India	second or third mandibular molar	drainage	GA	fetal death normal delivery 34 weeks and maternal necrotizing fasciitis
12	Dalla Torre D. et al. [7] 2014, Austria	first and second lower left molars	drainage + extraction	GA	mathernal sepsis and ARDS, intrauterine death of the foetus and C-section at 28 weeks
13	Kamath AT. et al. [22] 2015, India	lower first molar and right upper second molar	bilateral drainage + dentals extraction and second neck and mediastinum drainage	GA	foetal distress C-section 32 weeks preterm delivery
14	Tocaciu S. et al. [23] 2017, Australia	lower left third molar	drainage + extraction	GA	maternal ICU post op (3 days)
15	Pereira RDS. et al. [24] 2017, Brazil	lower left third molar	drainage + delay extraction	LA	no complications
16	Rahman T. et al. [25] 2019, India	lower left second molar	drainage + extraction.	LA + superficial cervical plexus block	no complications

NR: not reported; GA: general anesthesia; LA: local anesthesia; C-section: cesarean section; ICU: intensive care unit.