Prevalencia de lesiones cervicales no cariosas en estudiantes de odontología de la UCSG.

Abstract

Introduction: With aging, and due to various pathological factors, dental lesions occur and one of them is noncarious lesions. The problem of non-carious lesions is becoming increasingly important for dentists. Objective: Determine the most prevalent non-carious lesion among students at the UCSG dental clinic. Materials and methods: The present study was generated through a form focused on non-carious lesions. The questions were obtained by searching for information in articles from indexed journals. Subsequently, the questionnaire was organized, which was reviewed and validated by experts in the area and once the necessary information was obtained, it was tabulated in an Excel sheet to obtain the results. Results: The female gender with an age of 21-32 years was the one that presented non-carious lesions in 73- 33%, the lesion that occurred mostly was abrasion in 55.24% and affected both the upper and lower molars. lower by 41.38%. The severity of the lesions was with 61.90% dentin exposure, which caused moderate sensitivity. Conclusion: It can be concluded that non-carious lesions are present in dental students at UCSG.