Abstract

VILA MORALES, Dadonim; FERNANDEZ COLLAZO, María Elena  and  GONZALEZ-LONGORIA CONCEPCION, Rebeca. Children with facial cellulitis and hospitalization criterion. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2013, vol.50, n.3, pp.240-249. ISSN 0034-7507.

Introduction: facial cellulitis can become a serious vital risk when doctors don't keep in mind the appropriate treatment. It constitutes a health problem in pediatric population, because it is the second more frequent cause of hospital admittance in the Maxillofacial Surgery Service, followed by maxillofacial traumatisms. Objective: to understand facial cellulitis behavior and to describe the therapeutic handling in Primary Health Care (PHC) in Playa, Marianao, and Lisa municipalities in Havana. Method: a retrospective observational study was performed on 53 patients who were admitted to the Maxillofacial Surgery Pediatric Teaching Hospital "Juan Manuel Marquez", from January 2001 to January 2007. Results: there was no statistical significance between genders and age groups, the mean age was 8 years with a standard deviation of 4. The most frequent was odontogenic cellulitis (60.4 %). 60.3 % of patients were poorly handled by the primary care service. The most affected dental groups suggest that preventive measures should be directed mostly to people with temporary and mixed teething Conclusions: there was higher representation in male patients and the 1 to 5 age group. Odontogenic facial cellulitis was the predominant type. Antimicrobial treatment was inadequate in more than half of cases at the primary health care. At admission severe clinical evaluation prevailed.

Keywords : facial cellulitis; pediatric inpatient criteria; primary dental health care in dentistry.

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