Introduction:

tooth eruption is a biological phenomenon of social and medical interest. This can be altered by congenital and acquired causes.

Objective:

to characterize tooth eruption in infantile and juvenile individuals with common endocrine diseases.

Methods:

an epidemiological, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted at José Luis Miranda Pediatric University Hospital in Villa Clara, from March 2016 to April 2017. An intentional sample of 114 individuals of both genders, from three months to 14 years of age who suffered from diabetes mellitus, congenital hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism or congenital adrenal hyperplasia was taken. A questionnaire containing variables related to the type of endocrine disease and tooth eruption was applied; the information was processed using the statistical package SPSS version 15.0.

Results:

the sample was characterized by a prevalence of male gender, from the age group of 7 to 11 years. The most frequent endocrine diseases were in ascending order: hyperthyroidism, congenital hypothyroidism and diabetes mellitus. Tooth eruption was significantly related to the type of disease; the late tooth eruption was predominant in most of patients with diabetes mellitus).

Conclusions:

there was a highly significant relationship between the type of endocrine disease and tooth eruption.