Prevalencia de trauma dentoalveolar en la población de la parroquia urbana Cañaribamba del cantón Cuenca en el año 2019.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of dentoalveolar trauma that exists in the urban parish "Cañaribamba" in the canton of Cuenca in the year 2019. Materials and methods: Through an epidemiological, retrospective, descriptive/analytical design of cross section, 284 files of patients, inhabitants of the parish Cañaribamba, from 1 year of age on, were evaluated. The dependent variable was prevalence of dentoalveolar trauma, independent variables: sex, age, age stage and characteristics of the trauma. A statistical analysis was made using absolute and percentage frequencies, reviewing relationships between categorical variables; through the Chi-square formula α= 0.05 and the statistical program SPSS V25. Results: The prevalence of dentoalveolar trauma in the year 2019 in the parish "Cañaribamba" was 4.2%. In the male sex it was. According to the age affected between 5 and 64 years old, the children presented a greater proportion than adults with 3.17 times more; no cases were registered in adolescents or older adults. There were 3 damaged pieces that received more impact; being the superior arcade the most affected; according to the etiological agents, falls and collisions with objects were the main cause, there was no dental avulsion. Conclusions: the prevalence of dentoalveolar trauma in this sample of persons was of 4.2%, observing those who presented high index of trauma were men 4.9% and only in women 1.4%, it was proved that there was no dentoalveolar trauma in adolescents and older adults.