Factores de riesgo de periodontopatías en pacientes jóvenes.
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2019-09-09
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Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad Piloto de Odontología
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La salud oral es un estado exento de dolor bucodental o facial crónico, cáncer de la cavidad bucal o la garganta, infección oral, periodontopatías, caries dental, pérdida de dientes y otras enfermedades y trastornos. Las periodontopatías son alteraciones patológicas que se producen en los tejidos periodontales, su origen es variado; existen diferentes factores de riesgo, que influyen en la creación de esta patología, el tabaquismo y la diabetes mellitus, son unos de los principales. Por lo anteriormente expuesto, se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo, experimental y transversal, con el fin de Determinar el nivel de conocimiento sobre factores de riesgo de periodontopatías en pacientes jóvenes, a los estudiantes de décimo semestre C - I 2019 de la Facultad Piloto de Odontología de la Universidad de Guayaquil. La muestra del estudio estuvo constituida por 150 estudiantes de la carrera de odontología del ciclo I 2019 de la Facultad Piloto de Odontología. Basándome en el registro de las encuestas, se tuvo como resultado que la mayoría de los estudiantes tienen un nivel de conocimiento excelente, referente a los factores de riesgo de las enfermedades periodontales, siendo las opciones correctas entre las preguntas las que mayormente fueron seleccionadas por los encuestados obteniendo porcentajes altos.
Oral health is a state free from chronic oral or facial pain, cancer of the oral cavity or throat, oral infection, periodontal disease, tooth decay, tooth loss, and other diseases and disorders. Periodontal diseases are pathological alterations that occur in periodontal tissues in which their origin is varied. There are different risk factors which influence the creation of this pathology, smoking and diabetes mellitus, are one of the main ones. For the above reasons, a descriptive, experimental and cross-sectional study is carried out in order to determine the level of knowledge on risk factors of periodontopathy in young patients to students of tenth semester of the University’s Pilot Faculty of Dentistry. The study sample consisted of 150 dental students from the 2019 cycle of the Pilot School of Dentistry. Based on the survey record, it was concluded that most students have the appropriate knowledge regarding risk factors of periodontal diseases, being the correct choices between the questions which were mostly selected by the respondents who obtained high percentages
Oral health is a state free from chronic oral or facial pain, cancer of the oral cavity or throat, oral infection, periodontal disease, tooth decay, tooth loss, and other diseases and disorders. Periodontal diseases are pathological alterations that occur in periodontal tissues in which their origin is varied. There are different risk factors which influence the creation of this pathology, smoking and diabetes mellitus, are one of the main ones. For the above reasons, a descriptive, experimental and cross-sectional study is carried out in order to determine the level of knowledge on risk factors of periodontopathy in young patients to students of tenth semester of the University’s Pilot Faculty of Dentistry. The study sample consisted of 150 dental students from the 2019 cycle of the Pilot School of Dentistry. Based on the survey record, it was concluded that most students have the appropriate knowledge regarding risk factors of periodontal diseases, being the correct choices between the questions which were mostly selected by the respondents who obtained high percentages
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ENFERMEDADES PERIODONTALES, DIABETES MELLITUS, FACTORES DE RIESGO, TABAQUISMO