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Gaceta Médica Espirituana
On-line version ISSN 1608-8921
Abstract
CRUZ HERNANDEZ, Ismaray; RUBIO RIOS, Gretel and TORRES LOPEZ, Mileydi de la C.. Chronic immunoinflammatory periodontal disease. Fomento Municipality. 2010. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.1, pp. 30-36. ISSN 1608-8921.
Background: the periodontal disease is one of the most frequent oral diseases in human beings. it occupies the second place among the oral diseases suffered by man. Objective: to describe the behavior of the chronic immunoinflammatory periodontal diseases in patients over 5 years in Sopimpa area, Fomento municipality, in a period between September 2009 and December 2010. Methodología : a descriptive study was carried out with a transversal view. Thepopulation componed a sample of 153 patients. The results were presented in tables of relative and absolute frequencies. The variables were age, sex, and periodontal situation. Results: the age group between 20-59 prevailed; feminine sex was most representative, chronic gingivitis prevailed in the group. Conclusions: It was shown that there was a predomination of the feminine sex, as well as the superficial processes (chronic gingivitis) and the group between 20 and 59 years w3as the most affected.
Keywords : periodontal situation; gingivitis; periodontitis.