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Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas

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BERTRAN HERRERO, Grethell  y  ROSALES ALONSO, José Luis. Periapical and pulp lesions in the stomatological emergency consultation at Felipe Soto dental clinic. 2010-2011. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.1, pp.94-100. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: most of emergency in the Cuban stomatological clinics are due to dental pulp diseases. In our country, there are only a few studies performed on this topic in relation to the prevalence of these injuries in the population. That's why we were motivated to work on this matter. Objective: to determine pulp and periapical lesions conduct in patients from 19 to 59 years old. Material and Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was done in patients between 19 and 59 years old who attended to stomatological emergency services at "Felipe Soto" clinic from Boyeros Municipality, from February 2010 to June 2011. A stomatological clinical exam was done to a population of 250 patients and the sample was of 154 patients who presented dental pulp injuries, some variables were analyzed such as age, sex, dental group and causes of the disease. Results: the more affected teeth groups were the molars. As identified causes, the dental caries were the main related to the appearance of these pathologies. Conclusions: female sex predominant and the most affected age group was the one between 19 and 34 years old. The most affected dental group due to pulp and periapical lesions was that of molars fallowed by bicuspids and the main causes related to the appearing of these sicknesses were dental caries and faulty obturations.

Palabras clave : pulp lesion; periapical lesion; pulp inflammation; deficint obturations.

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