Introduction:

non-carious cervical lesions are the pathological loss of the dental structure located in the amelo-cementary limit, which do not respond to a bacterial causal agent.

Objective:

to describe the non-carious cervical lesions in the clinical histories of patients attended at the Periodontics Service of the Clínica Estomatológica Docente Municipal from 19 to 59 years old.

Methods:

a retrospective descriptive observational research was carried out from January to December 2019. The population was constituted by all the Clinical Histories of patients from 19 to 59 years old, amounting to 1063 that attended the Periodontics service, the sample was conformed by 233 Clinical Histories that had a diagnosis of non-carious cervical lesions in that period. The variables used were: age, sex, non-carious cervical lesions, risk factors, injurious habits, traumatic brushing, acid diet, stress, bruxism and dental groups. Results. The most representative age group was 50 to 59 years and female sex with 51,1 %, abrasion with 40,3 %. The premolar tooth groups predominated with 45,5 % and the risk factors of traumatic brushing and bruxism with 30,0 % and 18,9 % respectively.

Conclusions:

the age group 50 to 59 years and the female sex predominated. The most affected dental group was the premolars. Of the types of non-carious cervical lesions, the most frequent was abrasion and traumatic brushing was the risk factor of greatest occurrence.

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