Abstract

DUQUE DE ESTRADA RIVERON, . Johany  and  RODRIGUEZ CALZADILLA , Amado. Factores de riesgo en la predicción de las principales enfermedades bucales en los niños. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2001, vol.38, n.2, pp. 111-119. ISSN 1561-297X.

A bibliographic updating about the risk factors influencing on the appearance of dental caries, periodontopathies and dental malocclusion was made. The notion of epidemiologic risk is a function of the existance of the human beign, who lives in a social environment under permanent variation. The risk implies the possibility that a subject has (individual risk) to develop certain disease, an accident or a change in his health status in an specfic period and in a given community. A biref characterization of the dental caries disease, periodontopathies and malocclusions is presented in order to establish the preventive measures directed mainly to the cause of the disease since its origin, as well as to take the corresponding educative measures.

Keywords : MOUTH DISEASES [epidemiology]; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN [methods]; RISK FACTORS.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )