Abstract

JIMENEZ PALACIOS, Cecilia et al. Identificación de lesiones  en los tejidos blandos de la cavidad bucal en adolescentes con privacion de libertad en el odontopediátrico de carapa: Septiembre 2005- abril  2006 venezuela. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.2, pp.327-333. ISSN 0001-6365.

The Odontopediatre is the person in charge of treating children and teenagers, who must bear in mind the possibility of finding pathological conditions at the mouth cavity’s levels in a population. The purpose of this study was to discover an epidemiological population at the Odontopediatric Center of Carapa in Caracas, Venezuela. The teenager population at the center was preventive imprisoned to fulfilled social-educative measures in the Caracas metropolitan area. Several pathological injuries were found in their soft tissues. These injuries determine the relation of the living conditions at the center such as stress, violence, bad habits and inadequate nourishment, etc; during September 2005-April 2006 period. The present study carried out a total population of 96 patients, distributed in 4 entities. Around 88 out of these 96 patients were between 12 to 19 years of age. About 69 of these patients (91%) presented 122 injuries and the other 19 patients (9%) did not present any injuries. The masculine genre was the most affected with a 92.75% of injuries. The most frequent injuries were the actinic queilitis with 17%, leukoplakia with 13%, morsiscatum Bucarum and traumatic fibroma with a 12% each. There were also found other types of injuries as Nevus, Mucocele and traumatic sores among others. The most prevalence age was between 16 and 17 years of age with a 68% and the most frequent anatomical location was the lips with 49% followed by buccal mucosa19%, rim 14% and the palate, gingiva, tongue with a 2% respectively. This study demonstrates the incident of pre-malign injuries in a teen population as Leukoplakia. It is an aggravating situation due to the neo-plastic transformation capacity of tissues if they are directly related to bad habits such as smoking and alcohol consumption. These habits could promote cellular changes to the mouth cavity levels of teen population.

Keywords : Patologicas Injuries; Epidemiology; Children; Adolescents.