Efectos del peso corporal en el periodonto clínica UCSG semestre B 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: periodontal disease begins very early in the life of the individual, as evidenced in the different types of gingivitis observed in children. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the periodontal health status in children with mixed dentition if it is related to the child's body weight. Materials and methods: this study corresponds to a crosssectional clinical research Analytical and descriptive. The sample is made up of 61 patients between 6 and 10 years of age in semester B 2019 who present a minimum of 1 active site of bleeding to the probing and acoustic of bacterial plaque, present mixed dentition. Results: it was determined that patients with normal weight in both men and women prevailed periodontal disease with 56.67% with a percentage of overweight with a percentage of 33.33% and finally patients with low weight in 10%. Conclusion: In this study it was concluded that weight prevailed normally in periodontal disease in children.