Protocolo de atención odontológica en pacientes pediátricos con síndrome de Down (Revisión sistemática).

Abstract

Objective: To determine which the care dental protocol is for Down syndrome pediatric patients. Materials and methods: It is a descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional, retrospective research with a qualitative approach, using metasearch engines such as Pubmed – Medline, also Scopus as a bibliometric search engine and the virtual platform from the UCSG.Results: Down syndrome patients presented 56% of muscular hypotonia, 88% showed macroglossia and 56.23% showed periodontal disease, 88% of the children presented the habit of mouth breathing, 53.5% of children brushed their teeth twice a day while 62.33% of the children required parental supervision in order to achieve good dental hygiene. 62.3% of children had visited an odontologist at least once in their lives which is why the most performed treatment in a dental appointment has been dental prophylaxis in about 85.49% of children. Conclusion: Down syndrome patients often have difficulties in finding odontologists who can provide a multidisciplinary treatment, which is why it is suggested that more studies are done regarding the treatment alternatives that include parents and relatives to participate in dental hygiene since birth, thus promoting the participation and prevention by parents