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FERNANDEZ COLLAZO, María Elena; BRAVO SEIJAS, Beatriz  y  FAJARDO PUIG, Josefina. Stomatology urgencies in institutionalized children in Havana. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2011, vol.48, n.2, pp. 95-103. ISSN 0034-7507.

A cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study was conducted to characterize 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.

Palabras clave : Dental caries; prevalence; severity; Stomatology urgency.

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