Factores que producen la pérdida prematura dental, niños de 5 a 10 años, clínica odontológica semestre B 2019 UCSG.

Abstract

The premature absence of dental pieces in a child negatively affects the development of oral functions, favoring the appearance of malocclusion due to its alteration of the chronology and sequence of eruption. The risk factors act interrelatedly together, which regularly strengthens their harmful effect on oral health. The purpose of this research work is to identify the main risk factors that cause premature loss in children aged 5 to 10 years. Objective: To determine the incidence of the risk factors that cause premature dental loss in children from 5 to 10 years of the Dental Clinic semester B 2019 UCSG. Materials and methods: A descriptive, observational and crosssectional study was conducted. The study population consisted of 120 school patients whose age ranges from 5 to 10 years, who attended the Dental Clinic of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, in the semester B-2019. Results: The sample consisted of a total of 120 children aged between 5 and 10 years. The female gender had a higher prevalence in presenting premature dental losses with 52% and 48% in the male gender, the main cause of premature dental losses was 70% dental caries, the second cause was by atypical root resorption of the roots with 18% and the third cause were dentoalveolar trauma in which 13% were found. Conclusion: Dental caries remain the main cause of suffering premature losses due to the fact that in the vast majority of cases they are without a child treated, therefore, they act progressively which lead to premature dental losses, loss of the perimeter of the arch, deviations from the midline, thus being the main factors that favor malocclusions at an early age.