Sepsis: the applicability to dental care professionals

Highlights that sepsis may be seen in dental practice, and is a potentially preventable condition if there is awareness of the warning signs and the need for referral for rapid treatment.Suggests the key message is to stop and think, could this be sepsis in someone who presents with signs or symptoms that indicate possible infection.Proposes that dentists and dental care professionals should think about sepsis, recognise what sepsis might look like, be aware of the pathognomonic warning signs of sepsis, the importance of rapid treatment, be able to advise their patients about sepsis and raise the profile of sepsis.