Formas anatómicas de arcos dentales en niños con dentición mixta. Clínica odontológica UCSG, período 2018.

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the anatomical forms of dental arches in children with mixed dentition attending the UCSG Dental Clinic, period 2018. Materials and Methods: This study corresponded to a clinical investigation of a descriptive, observational transversal nature. The sample consisted of 70 study models, with a total of 140 arches, of patients between 6 to 11 years of age of both genders, the same ones that were evaluated in the Odontological Clinic of the UCSG, in order to determine the different Anatomical forms of dental arches that be able to show in patients. Results: The shape that prevailed in the female gender was the oval shape in 20 upper arches (28.57%) and the square shape in 22 lower arches (31.43%). The arcade shape that prevailed at 9 years of age was the oval shape in 16 upper arches (22.86%) and the square shape in 18 lower arches of the study models (25.71%). According to the corresponding analyzes of Angle, dental malocclusion class II (69%) was predominant. They show a higher percentage of presence of dental crowding, where the oval shape prevailed in upper arches (35.71%) and the square shape in 23 lower arches (32.86%). Conclusion: The anatomical forms of dental arches can be significantly altered according to their gender, according to their age and according to the presence of dental crowding, although taking into consideration the transverse measurements of intercanine width and intermolar width.