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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río

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CONCEPCION OBREGON, Tebelio; SOSA HERNANDEZ, Hilda Paula  y  GUERRA PANDO, José Antonio. Dental trauma in Primary Health Care in Pinar del Rio. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.2, pp.69-77. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: dental trauma is recognized as one of the most important dental problems that affect our population, influencing significantly on child-age population. Objective: to determine the incidence of dental traumas considering age, sex, affected tooth and predisposing factors. Material and method: a descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out where 400 patients from 7 to 14 years old were included. Each group of ages included 50 patients distributed by sex equitably. A form that included data of interests was completed and processed by means of percentage analysis; Z test was applied to know of the proportions per independent groups and chi square to correlate the factors of interests. Results: 14,25% of patients presented dental traumas, 59,64% belonged to male sex and 40,36% to female sex, right-central-superior incisor showed the highest incidence. The predisposing factors showed a marked significance. Conclusions: dental traumas are one of the most important dental health problems the child population faces up.

Palabras clave : Traumatismos de los dientes; Factores de riesgo; Maloclusión; Odontología pediátrica; Tooth injuries; Risk factors; Malocclusion; Pediatric dentistry.

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