Prevalencia de lesiones cervicales no cariosas en pacientes de la Clínica UCSG semestre A-2017.

Abstract

Introduction: It is known as non -carious cervical lesions to the wear of dental tissue located in the cementoenamel junction that can be given by pathological, non-pathological, externa and internal agents. Objective: To determine the prevalence of non -carious cervical lesions in patients who were treated at the UCSG clinic in the period A-2017. Materials and methods: The present descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the Restorative II clinic with a universe made up of 120 patients, of whom 92 were taken into account for sampling, meeting the inclusion criteria. An informed consent was presented to each patient, then a clinical analysis was carried out with an inspection kit taking into account the following parameters: type of non -carious cervical lesion, lesion shape, dental surface harbori ng lesion and dental tissue affected. Results: The most common lesion found in the sample were abfraction (39%). The affected tooth surface was the most prevalent vestibular (86%). The most commonly affected dental tissues were enamel with dentin exposure (65%). The female gender presented 66% of cervical lesions within the sample while the male gender presented 34%. Conclusion: We can conclude that abfraction as the most frequent lesion within the sample presented a higher prevalence in women older than 36 years.