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To the Editor:— The filler inThe Journal, July 30, page 1470, begs for comment lest misinformation be perpetuated. We refer to the quotation from MacBeth ( Proc Roy Soc Med , March, 1960). MacBeth deduces that earache of teething infants is often due to a minor otitis media. The pink drumhead occurs too often to be ignored and this may mean an otosalpingitis of lymphborne origin. It should be borne in mind that infection does not generally accompany teething in infants, that the teeth cannot be infected before being erupted, and that they have not yet had a chance to become decayed, let alone become infected, in an infant. MacBeth commits another error in deducing that periodontal sepsis, by which it is presumed is meant periodontitis or periodontosis, causes deafness in the adult. Were this so, a very high percentage of adult patients would be deaf, as both these conditions are
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