Abstract

JIMENEZ PALACIOS, Cecilia et al. Levantamiento epidemiológico de lesiones patológicas en los tejidos blandos de la cavidad bucal  de los niños y adolescente del centro odontopediátrico de carapa, parroquia antímano, caracas,  distrito capital -venezuela. Período mayo - noviembre 2005. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2007, vol.45, n.4, pp.540-545. ISSN 0001-6365.

The Odontopediatra is the person in charge to treat children and adolescents, which must have present the possibility of finding patologicas conditions at level of the buccal cavity of this population. The proposito of this study was to make a epidemiologico rise of patologicas injuries in soft weaves of children and adolescents in an urbana region of the city of Caracas - Venezuela, in the Center Odontopediátrico de Carapa, Antimano Parish, in a period of May - November of the 2005. The present work of realizoen a population of 245 patients between 2 and 17 years of age, of which 69 (28,16%) presented/displayed 82 injuries which is equivalent to 1.18% of patologicas injuries in soft weaves; I generate masculine was prevalente 56,52%; the frequent injuries but were the Morsiscatum Buccarum and the Leucoplasia with 15.87%, followed by the Fibroma Traumatic with 12.19%, Candidiasis and Benign Migratory Glositis 9.75%, Traumatic Ulcer 8.53%, Queilitis Actinica and Recurrent Herpes 6.09%, Mucoceles 4.87%, Cyst of Eruption, Impetigo, Estomatitis Nicotínica and Estomatitis Subprotésica 2.43% and Recurrent Aftosa Ulcer 1,21%; the age of greater prevalence was between 16 and 17 years 49,27% and the most  frequent location was Cheek and Rim 28% followed by lip 25%, language 16%. The racially mixed race was the one of greater prevalence with 53,33%. With this study the incidence of injuries is demonstrated you previtiate like Leucoplasia in an adolescent population; situation that is worrisome by the capacity of transformation of weaves and still more if  it is related to habits like smoking, alcohol and facticias, that could potencializar cellular changes at level of the buccal cavity of this population.

Keywords : Patologicas Injuries; Epidemiologia; Children; Adolescents.