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MAYAN REINA, Grissel et al. Chronic gingivitis and oral hygiene in teenagers from "Raúl González Diego" high school. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.4, pp.484-495. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: oral disease is a major health problem because of its high prevalence and public demand. Chronic gingivitis it is one of them, whose clinical manifestations appear early age, confirming that during the adolescence there is an increase of the disease, associated with deficient oral hygiene. Objective: the above exposed motivated this research whose objective is to determine the epidemiological behaviour of the chronic gingivitis and its relation to oral hygiene in adolescents of Raul Gonzalez Diego High School. Materials and methods: it was performed an observational, descriptive, transversal study in that school, situated in Calabazar, Boyeros, Havana Province, from January to June 2010. The universe consisted in all the students of the center, 336 students, divided in 190 females and 146 males. Their ages were from 12 to 15 years. Results: 57.1 per cent of the adolescents were affected by chronic gingivitis. The moderated affections prevailed, with 59.4 % of ill students. 68.2% of the sample presented a deficient oral hygiene, and it showed association between the deficient oral hygiene and the chronic gingivitis. Conclusions: were stated the prevalence of chronic gingivitis was significant in most of the adolescents, it prevailed the moderated affection in terms of severity. Most adolescents had deficient oral hygiene and there was a positive relation between the oral hygiene and the severity of chronic gingivitis: the worst oral hygiene, the disease becomes more severe.

Palabras clave : chronic gingivitis; adolescence; oral hygiene.

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