Caracterización de patologías pulpares y periapicales reportadas ante el Observatorio de Salud Pública de Santander 2015-2018
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2020-11-09Registro en:
Parra Hernández, S. N., Lanziano Lobo, M. J., Jiménez Manrique, R. A. (2020). Caracterización de patologías pulpares y periapicales reportadas ante el Observatorio de Salud Pública de Santander [Tesis de pregrado]. Universidad Santo Tomas, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
reponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad Santo Tomás
instname:Universidad Santo Tomás
Autor
Jiménez Manrique, Raúl Andrés
Lanziano Lobo, María José
Parra Hernández, Silvia Nathalia
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: Pulp and periapical pathologies present high rates of attention in the emergency services, which indicates the need to carry out an important approach and be considered a public health problem given the complications that they can cause, pulp and periapical damage. with consequences ranging from intense oral pain, dental loss to complications in the general health of people who come to present this type of dental affections. Objective: To characterize the pulp and periapical pathologies reported to the Santander Public Health Observatory in a period between 2015-2018. Method: An observational descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out; It is referred to as descriptive observational because it intended to collect information reported by the Santander public health observatory, which will determine which is the pulp and / or periapical pathology, with the highest prevalence, in said department, taking into account that it was not manipulated or existed direct control over these events. On the other hand, a cross-sectional study was established since the data were collected at a single point intime. Results: 64,538 pulp and periapical pathology data were analyzed in the department of Santander, Colombia and reported to the Santander Public Health Observatory, between the years 2015-2018. In the research it is evident, the percentage was made up of women 57.1 % (36,798). Age presented a median of 40 years, with a higher frequency of patients less than or equal to 40 years of age with 52% (33,577). Within the period studied, it is applied that the year with the highest number of events involving pulp and periapical pathologies was 2018, with 33.3% (21,509). Therefore, it was established that the province most affected was Soto, with 73.2% (47,236). Conclusion: Women and people under 40 years of age in the population of the department of Santander presented greater evidence in pulp and periapical pathologies. Women and people under 40 years of age in the population of the department of Santander presented greater evidence in pulp and periapical pathologies. On the other hand, the most frequent diagnosis in the period of time, object of study, was irreversible pulpitis, the above was evidenced in all the provinces that make up the department of Santander.