Stomatology urgencies in institutionalized children in Havana
Keywords:
dental caries, prevalence, severity, Stomatology urgency.Abstract
A cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study was conducted tocharacterize the behavior of Stomatology urgencies in children of Nurseries from
"27 de Noviembre" polyclinic health area of Marianao municipality in La Habana,
Cuba. Universe included 450 boys and girls, registered in the three nurseries of
health area diagnosed with dental caries analyzing age, sex, frequency of urgency
consultation assistance and caries's severity. In parents a questionnaire was
administered. From the 175 boys and girls affected of dental caries, there were 56
with a four years involvement due to caries being the more frequent to urgency
consultation for a 10.9 % and the highest frequency was twice, in boys and girls
aged 5 for a 5.7 %. A total of 17 children visited more frequent the urgency
consultation with two visits for a 9.7 %. Boys and girls aged 5 were more frequent
to above mentioned consultation due to pain followed by those aged 4. There was
predominance of I degree severity for a 68.1 % and in these suffered of pain for a
27.6 %. There is an increasing assistance to urgency consultation increase
according to age with predominance of male sex, requiring this type of serve often
due to pain despite predominance of 1 degree severity of caries.
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