Frank billings, M.D., Dean of the Faculty, Professorand Head of Department of Medicine, University of Chicago,was the person who identified the first occurrence of focalinfection arising from the mouth. He was eventually ableto determine that 99 percent of focally infected diseasesarouse in the mouth from the teeth and tonsils. He foundthe other one percent could come from any tissue, but mostoften involved the sinuses, lungs, intestines, toenailsand tonsil tags or stumps.
It was Dr. Billings who named this process "focal infection."Even during his time, it was common for people sufferingdegenerative disease problems to have the gland or organsurgically removed. The paradox is that patients are willingto submit to severe surgical procedures, but, at the sametime, are reluctant to remove an infected tooth. Obviously, tooth removal would be far simpler, lesstraumatic and less costly. Patients, for the most part,come to the decision to have surgery because their doctorsdo not present this alternative, nor do their dentists.
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