Acute periapical lesions in adult patients

Authors

  • María Elena Fernández Collazo Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Finlay-Albarrán". Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. La Habana
  • Dadonim Vila Morales Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Finlay-Albarrán". Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. La Habana
  • Agustín Rodríguez Soto Facultad de Estomatología. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana
  • Dania Lucrecia Mesa González Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Finlay-Albarrán". Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. La Habana
  • Norma Guadalupe Pérez Clemente Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Finlay-Albarrán". Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. La Habana

Keywords:

periapical lesions, apical periodontitis, acute abscess.

Abstract

A cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted in the health area of the "27
de Noviembre" of Marianao municipality, La Habana, from January to December,
2009 including all patients came to emergency service presenting with acute
periapical lesions. Information on following variables was available: age, sex, dental
group, cause of disease, clinical features and oral hygiene. This latter was classified
in the efficient and deficient categories according to the simplified index of oral
hygiene. To estimate the relation between the variables and the comparison of
ratios to contrast the hypothesis on potential differences among periapical lesions
for the category of variables of dental group, cause of disease and clinical features.
The was predominance of the acute periapical abscess in a 84.7% of the 35-39 age
group and of male sex, although there were not significant differences for these
variables neither in dental groups regarding the disease. The oral hygiene was
related to periapical lesions. There were significant differences in periapical lesions
regarding all the study causes, except for the periodontal diseases. Regarding the
clinical features there was significance as regards the increase of volume of the
vestibular groove fundus and tooth mobility.

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2012-04-20

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Fernández Collazo ME, Vila Morales D, Rodríguez Soto A, Mesa González DL, Pérez Clemente NG. Acute periapical lesions in adult patients. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2012 Apr. 20 [cited 2025 Jun. 7];49(2):107-16. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2756

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (2012): APR- JUN

Section

Research Article

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