Prevalencia de pulpotomías causadas por caries profundas en la Clínica Odontopediatría II UCSG semestre A-2018.

Abstract

Introduction: Caries is a multifactorial and non-self-limiting infectious disease caused, by acid generating cariogenic bacteria that demineralizes the emanel of the teeth, pulpotomy is the most used treatment when there are deep caries. The propouse is eliminate pain and keep the tooth until its moment of exfoliation. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study, 40 samples were studied in the Pediatric Dentistry II clinic of the UCSG, both in deep caries without pulp involvement, and patients with pulp involvement were evaluated for age and gender. Results: The prevalence of pulpotomy was 62.5%, total of 40 dental pieces affected with deep caries were obtained in which only 25 deciduous teeth had pulp involvement, receiving the pulpotomy of which the age group of 7 years were the most prevalent and in turn the female gender with a 60% incidence, showing the girls with the highest prevalence of pulp treatment in the presence of deep caries, the remaining 15 dental pieces were restored. Discussion: Nowdays many oral health prevention activities are developed, but nervertheless there are very high figures of deep caries and its correlation with pulpotomy, to determine a better analysis it is necessary to carry out the study in a greater number of increase the sample in a longer period of time and that this study has greater validity.