Resumen

VILLORIA, Carmen. Efectos a nivel dentario en niños asmáticos con uso continuo de corticosteroides inhalados o tomados: Revisión de la literatura.. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2007, vol.45, n.1, pp.113-115. ISSN 0001-6365.

Among the literature review information was obtained about the effects at a dental level in asthmatic children as a result of the continuous use of inhaled buccal way or taken corticosteroids ,the cause that origins these effects and the rules that can be applied to prevent its apparition . Besides its applied the utility of this information to the estimation that a national study makes over an infantile population that suffer from asthma where taking into account that these medication have to be taken in a continuous way ,they will be exposed to dental lesions if their parents and representatives are not informed about simple dental hygiene recommendations.

Palabras clave : Asma; corticosteroides; erosión dental.