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Gaceta Médica Espirituana
versão On-line ISSN 1608-8921
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RUBIO RIOS, Grétel; TORRES LOPEZ, Mileydi de la Caridad; YANES RUIZ, Yadira e MURSULI SOSA, Maritza. Treatment with chlorhexidine to 0,12 % as adjuvant in aphthous stomatitis. North Area. Sancti Spiritus. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.1, pp. 04-13. ISSN 1608-8921.
Background: The aphthous stomatitis is a painful periodontal illness, this it can be treated with chlorhexidine to 0.12 %, in a pharmaceutical form with a viscous type watery solution used for the topical treatment of buccal affections what allows the control of the microorganisms that can colonize the ulcer. Objective: To describe the treatment with chlorhexidine to 0.12 % as adjuvant so of the urgency aphthous stomatitis. Methodology: It was carried out a descriptive study in the North Area of the municipality of Sancti Spíritus in the period understood from September, 2011 to May, 2012. The population was 68 patients diagnosed with aphthous stomatitis and the sample 52 of them after having used an intentional sampling. The variables used were: age, sex, origin, and type, localization of the lesions and effect of the treatment. The observation method was used and the picked up data were in a gatherer data sheet created in the one that were statistically processed ,the data were represented in charts of distribution of absolute and relative frequencies.Results: The aphthous stomatitis prevailed in its smaller form with 86.5% and the aphthous with a non-traumatic origin with a 69.2 %; the effect of the treatment was satisfactory in a 73.1 %. Conclusions: Satisfactory results were possible when alleviating the pain and the discomforts caused by this periodontal illness with the use of the chlorhexidine to 0.12 % as adjuvant in the treatment of the aphthous stomatitis.
Palavras-chave : Aphthous stomatitis; chlorhexidine treatment.