Abstract

CASALS GONZALEZ, Yanet; MONTERO DEL CASTILLO, Mirta Elena  and  GONZALEZ NAYA, Grisel. Prevalence of sequelae of temporal teeth traumata in institutionalized children from the Playa municipality. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2011, vol.48, n.1, pp. 14-21. ISSN 0034-7507.

To determine the prevalence of sequelae of traumata of temporary teeth in group of institutionalized children and to identify the causes and places of more frequent occurrence a cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in children from the nursing home of the Playa municipality. Sample selection was performed by Multistage Stratified Sampling. In each stratus the 25 % of nursing homes was choose for a total of 10. These were selected by randomized simple sampling. The sample was determined taking into account that the traumatic lesions appearance frequency according to the studies conducted fluctuate about the 30 %. Children aged 2 to 5 were included institutionalized over 10 years in nursing homes presenting with sequelae of teeth traumatic lesions without Stomatology treatment; 1 250 children were examined. The sequelae prevalence was of the 18.56 % where the more frequent ones were the loss of coronary tissue in 9.44 % of study children, followed by the color changes with a 5.92 %. The more prevalent sex was the male one with an 11.2 % of total. The more involved ages were those of 3 and 5 years for a 4.96 % and a 5.68 %, respectively. Most of lesions occurred due to falls in a 9.84 % where the 7.76 % were at home. A high percentage of teeth with trauma sequelae and a need of treatment no registered in conventional examinations performed at schools.

Keywords : Traumata; temporary teeth; prevalence; sequelae.

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