Objective:

To determine the prevalence of enamel defects in patients of the Specialty in Pediatric Dentistry in the UJAT.

Material and Method:

An observational, cross-sectional, prospective, quantitative study was carried out, which allowed to know the frequency and prevalence of enamel defects in child patients of the Specialty in Pediatric Dentistry at the UJAT. The study population was finite at the convenience of the researcher since the number of patients that make up the study is known. The research was carried out with a universe of 300 patients with a population analyzed population between 0 and 15 years of age from which a sample of 195 patients was obtained during the period 2021-2022, with a confidence interval of 95% and a margin of error of 5%. Variables: age, gender, arch with greater involvement, number of dental organs and type of dentition.

Results:

The most prevalent enamel defect turned out to be Hypoplasia followed by MIH, affecting mainly females and between the ages of 4 and 8 years, it was observed that both arches are affected, that the mixed dentition is the most affected, the most affected teeth stated were the central incisors and the first molars; In most cases, the perinatal history stated there was no complication as greater involvement.

Conclusions:

The main defect if enamel structure is Hypoplasia and it is presented more bye the women and the age range where the highest prevalence was observed is from 4 to 8 years.

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