Examen intrabucal en pacientes pediátricos que asistieron a la clínica odontológica de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca 2018-2019.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to know the presence of alterations or lesions after intraoral examination in pediatric patients attending the Dental Clinic of the Catholic University of Cuenca during 2018-2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The methodology used was the documentary, descriptive, and retrospective cross-sectional type, in which 1,381 clinical histories of pediatric patients with an age range between 2 and 12 years old who attended the Catholic University of Cuenca Clinic in the years 2018 – 2019 were taken, the variables used were age, sex, whether or not they present alteration and in which structure it was located: lips, tongue, palate, gums or frenulum. RESULTS: Out of the 1,381 records reviewed, 903 patients presented some type of alteration, corresponding to 65.83%, of which 36.49% were boys and 28.89% were girls. The structure with the highest number of cases reported with some intraoral alteration was the palate, with 38.7%, followed by the tongue, with 24.4%. CONCLUSIONS: The male population was the predominant one to present alterations in the oral cavity; the palate is the structure of which more cases have been reported.