re: Former NFL WR Mike Williams is not dead but on life support

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"It's just sad that sometimes people forget about their mouth, and they don't think about those things, how it affects the rest of our body," Dr. Rajiv Kalra, a dentist with Agoka Dental, said.

Under Williams' cause of death, there are numerous factors listed, like bacterial sepsis, cerebral abscesses, necrotizing pneumonia due to multiple dental cavities or infections and retained tooth roots.

Dr. Kalra believes Williams may have needed some extractions that were never done.

"They’re basically saying he had cavities in his mouth, and he had teeth where the crown above the gums had broken off and all that was left is the roots that hold the teeth in place," Dr. Kalra said. "Those roots were probably infected as well as the cavities may have gotten to a point where they were in his nerve of the tooth or the center and that also spreads down into our bloodstream and could have spread from there as well."

They said heart disease also played a role.

Williams was first admitted to a hospital a day after he was hit on the head by heavy supplies falling on him. Initial CAT scans showed he had brain swelling and infections.

The medical examiner believes those may have been caused by infections in his mouth that spread through his bloodstream....

Between 2010 and 2014, he played 54 games for the Bucs and nine games for the Bills. The wide receiver notched 26 career touchdowns and had more than 3,000 yards.

He was second in the voting for the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2010.

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