Variables

Modalities

Number n = 292

(%)

Oral hygiene

Good hygiene

25

8.6

Poor hygiene

267

91.4

Etiologies of cellulite

Tooth decay

279

95.6

Post extraction

10

3.4

Others*

4

1.0

Clinical signs of cellulitis

Circumscribed serous

25

8.5

Circumscribed suppurative

76

26.0

Circumscribed gangrenous

4

1.4

Diffuse serous

16

5.5

Diffuse suppurated

162

55.5

Diffuse gangrenous

9

3.1

Topography of the cellulitis

Peri-maxillary

121

41.5

Peri-mandibular

125

42.8

Cervico-thoracic

31

10.6

Periorbital

3

1.0

Temporo-Masseterine

9

3.1

Other**

3

1.0