An overview of modern methods of diagnostics of maxillofacial space infection was conducted in the work; the features of the disease on the background of diabetes mellitus. Despite numerous works devoted to purulent-inflammatory diseases of the maxillofacial area, problems with the prognosis of the disease, the objective determination of the general condition of the patient, especially in patients with diabetes, remain unresolved. Particular attention deserves the study of the influence of genetically determined characteristics of the body’s metabolism on the course of purulent inflammation, primarily in patients with diabetes mellitus.
