Background:

the loss of teeth can affect people of any age and although this is more frequent in the elder, presently it has increased the number of young persons that from early ages, present lost teeth.

Objective:

to identify the associated factors to the tooth loss in teenagers of the municipality of Cifuentes.

Methods:

a descriptive epidemic study of traverse court was carried out in the Municipality of Cifuentes from September, 2015 to March, 2017.The universe of population was constituted for ages between 12 and 18 years conformed by a total of 465 students, of them 180 were selected by means of a probabilistic sampling by two-stage stratified conglomerates.

Results:

the loss of teeth in the adolescents was of 17.2 % same to the number of filled, the oral hygiene to regulate it was present in 51.7 % also in the 58.2 % the cause of teeth loss was a dental caries.

Conclusions:

among the factors associated to this phenomenon it is necessary to highlight: the age, the presence of filled and oral hygiene. The main cause of teeth loss was a dental cavity.

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