Estudo epidemiológico de doenças orais diagnosticadas em adolescentes atendidos na clínica de estomatologia da ufrn

Abstract

Background: Epidemiological studies of oral diseases in young individuals refer to, for the most part, the pediatric age group, with predominant focus on dental caries, periodontal disease and problems related to malocclusion. The small number of studies involving individuals in the age group between 10 and 19 years (adolescence) leads to the requirement for more research to investigate the prevalence and epidemiology of oral diseases in adolescents. The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis of lesions diagnosed in adolescents, identifying the type of most prevalent soft tissue disease and / or bone in the sample. Methods: The research, characterized as a cross-sectional study, attended all the patients aged 10 to 19 years in Stomatology Clinic of UFRN, from 2005 to 2014. Clinical data was collected regarding the information about the patients were included as gender, age, region of injury and histopathological results when necessary for diagnosis. Results: From the 465 patients, were diagnosed 362 injuries. Most patients were female (56.8%) and the most common location, was the lower lip (21.4%). Inflammatory and reactive lesions were the most prevalent (31.8%), followed by benign neoplasms (6.4%) and odontogenic cysts and tumors (5.2%). The most common lesion was mucus extravasation phenomenon in 59 cases (16.3%). Conclusions: Knowledge of the most frequent oral lesions in adolescents is important for establishing diagnoses that are more accurate on the high number of reactive / inflammatory lesions, reinforces the need for guidelines to alert these patients about the risks of chronic irritants factors on the mucosa oral.