Prevalencia de pulpotomias y su correlación a caries profunda en la Clínica Odontopediatria II UCSG A-B 2016.

Abstract

Introduction: In dentistry there is a great interest to preserve the temporary and permanent teeth before possible premature peels due to factors such as decay, trauma, etc. Pulpotomy is a pulp that is done to prevent the extraction of the tooth before his time of exfoliation. The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence of treatment pulp that exists in deciduous teeth caused by deep caries. Materials and methods: retrospective and correlational study. 63 clinical histories of patients who were treated in the UCSG period A - B 2016 were studied. Both the realization of pulpotomy caused by deep caries and caries deep without cause pulp injury were measured, the age and gender. Results: The female gender was that most frequently presented deep caries; and according to age 7 years irrespective of gender. The dental piece number 64 was which had greater incidence in pulpotomy treatment. Discussion: measurement to know the part number you need pulpotomy for involvement of deep caries serves for future studies, how ever by the small size of our sample the result cannot be traspoblado to the general population.