Severidad de la estomatitis subprotésica en pacientes con PPR. Clínica UCSG semestre A-2018.

Abstract

Subprosthetic stomatitis is a pathology of an inflammatory type that affects soft support tissues3, the action of covering the masticatory mucosa with a prosthesis constitutes a non-physiological mechanical aggression for the tissue; The effects of pressure, traction and thrust that may occur can cause irritating actions on it2,3. According to the Newton classification, it can be classified into 3 types according to its severity, which affects patients with a removable partial denture (PPR) with a high prevalence. Objective: The objective of this work is to evaluate the degree of severity of subprosthetic stomatitis in patients with PPR. Materials and methods: A descriptive-observational-transversal study with a sample of 60 patients belonging to the dental clinic of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, attended in the months of July and August of the year 2018. The variables analyzed were: oral hygiene level, severity of subprosthetic stomatitis, age, gender, processing material of PPR. Results: the result was 78.33%, with predominance in the lower jaw with 43.33%, being the most prevalent female gender in this study. Conclusion: the severity of subprosthetic stomatitis had a type 1 domain in the lower jaw, more frequent in the female gender in the group of 51-60 years having a level of oral hygiene of 20-30% and with predominance of this pathology in chromium-cobalt prosthesis.