Pogrel M A
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
Dent Update. 1994 Sep;21(7):274-80.
The human race has had to endure infections for as long as it has been on earth, and has developed efficient natural defence mechanisms to combat them. Modern medicine aims to augment these natural mechanisms, to help speed up resolution of infection and decrease morbidity and mortality.