Care received for dentoalveolar trauma in the population of the urban parish El Vecino del Cantón Cuenca, in 2019

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the characteristics of care received by people from the urban parish El Vecino, in the city of Cuenca, after the dentoalveolar trauma in 2019. In order to fulfill this objective, an approach methodology mixed, qualitative and quantitative of descriptive design, having as study variables sociodemographic factors such as sex, age, place, professional care and attention time. The analyzed population was conformed by the habitual residents older than one year in the houses of the El Vecino parish; A validated questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect information, addressed to a sample of 326 individuals. The results show that 5.4% of the subjects presented dentoalveolar trauma, of which a frequency of 12 patients was identified who received medical attention, the majority of them male, with an average age of 6 to 12 years, attended primarily by a professional dentist (92%), in private offices with an estimated time of 24 hours to 7 days. The reason for the injuries was caused in 75% of the cases by falls, causing trauma to the teeth of the upper arch in all subjects. No statistical association was identified between sex, reason for stroke and consultation reception, since the p-value was greater than the significance levels (p> 0.05). It is concluded that there is a variation of the pathology in individuals with a high frequency in children, being more likely to suffer events that put oral health at risk.