Prevalencia de características bucodentales en pacientes pediátricos con síndrome de Down, FASAN 2017.

Abstract

Down's syndrome is one of the chromosomal alterations with the highest incidence in the population. Patients with DS present oral disorders such as: malocclusion, dental crowding, macroglossia, presence of parafunctional habits and generally deficient levels of oral hygiene. Objective: to determine the prevalence of oral characteristics in pediatric patients with Down Syndrome, FASAN. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive, cross-sectional research where the prevalence of oral characteristics in patients with DS between 1-18 of FASAN was observed. Results: presence of macroglossia in (52%) of cases, dental crowding had a prevalence of (73%); on the other hand, the most frequent type of malocclusion was class III, while the prevalence of parafunctional habits such as digital suction , mouth breathing and atypical swallowing in patients, and poor oral hygiene was observed in only (25%) of the cases. Conclusions: the results of this study show that patients with Down Syndrome have a high prevalence of oral characteristics such as: type III of Angle malocclusion, in reference of parafunctional habits it was found that patients could have more than one habit, on the other hand, macroglossia and dental crowding also have a significant prevalence and poor oral hygiene is not frequent in all patients with Down Syndrome.