The focal disease is a pathological condition characterized by a wide variety of functional disorders and organic tissue alterations, due to chronic foci of infection, from which various microbes, microbial toxins, and toxic products of septic tissue disintegration originate. According to the percentage distribution, 90% of the foci of the body are located in the cephalic region, and 10% in the rest of the body [17]. Research has shown that on the list of foci of infection, those in the oral cavity are in first place, with 93% of active foci being caused by teeth and their pathologies. Important clinical criteria that mark this fundamental difference of the odonto-periodontal focal infection include the profile of local inflammation, the level of the tissue hypersensitivity process, the level of the microbial load in the focus and, no less importantly, the reactivity of the body.
Temporary splinting contributes to the effectiveness of pathogenetic and symptomatic therapy.