Abstract

CISNEROS DOMINGUEZ, Grethel  and  CRUZ MARTINEZ, Irene. Clinical details of dental occlusion in children of a day-care center. MEDISAN [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.7, pp.781-787. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 122 children of "Espiguita" Day-Care Center belonging to the health area of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital was carried out from February to March, 2017 in Santiago de Cuba, aimed at showing clinical details of dental occlusion in these children, according to selected variables. The oral and facial clinical examination was carried out to those affected minors; also, the individual medical record was made and the percentage as summary measure was used. In the series there was a prevalence of 4 years children, female sex and malocclusions; as long as, the digital suction and the lingual dysfunction were the fundamental habits. Also, a primacy of the open bite was obtained as characteristic of malocclusion

Keywords : child; dental occlusion; malocclusion; oral habit; primate space; temporary molar relationship.

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