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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
ISSN 1025-0255
TAN-SUAREZ, Norys; MACHADO-PINA, Aramís; TAN-SUAREZ, Nerys Tayme GARCIA-VITAR, Lourdes. Salivary profile in school children of nine years old with dental caries of the first permanent molar. []. , 25, 5 01--2021. ISSN 1025-0255.
Background:
the destruction or loss of the first permanent molars due to caries has a significant impact on maxillofacial development and growth. A detailed analysis of all the factors concerning the origin and resistance to dental caries is essential; saliva is one of the least studied.
Objective:
to identify the salivary profile in nine-year-old schoolchildren with dental caries of the first permanent molar.
Methods:
a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, a non probabilistic sample of 45 fourth-grade students was selected from the Enrique José Varona school, during the period November 2019 to February 2020. Flow, pH and salivary consistency were determined.
Results:
there was supremacy in the studied children who presented adequate salivary flow and salivary consistency. The neutral pH was the predominant one.
Conclusions:
the results obtained in the salivary profile lead to estimate the multifactorial character of dental caries, without underestimating the influence of saliva.
: DENTAL CARIES; MOLAR; DENTITION, PERMANENT; SALIVA; CHILD.
