Prevalencia de alveolitis post exodoncia en las clínicas odontológicas de la Universidad Santo Tomás durante el año 2017

Abstract

Dental extraction is a common procedure in dental practice, linked to alveolitis, a frequent and multifactorial complication. Objective: Determine the prevalence of alveolitis in dental clinics of the Universidad Santo Tomas in the year 2017. Methods and materials: An descriptive observational study of transversal cut was carried out, with a sample of 700 clinical histories of the pregado of dentistry that reported exodoncia procedures during the year 2017. The variables that were taken into account were the sex, the age, the presence of alveolitis, the type of exodontia, the use of contraceptives, the type of local anesthetic used, the presence of systemic diseases that could be associated with alveolitis, the smoking habit, the extracted tooth, the plaque index, and the days elapsed since Exodontia date and date of alveolitis report. A univariate analysis was developed to calculate frequencies, percentages, and proportions of the qualitative variables, and measures of central tendency and standard deviation for the quantitative variables. Results: The prevalence of alveolitis was 0.86% IC 95% (RIC: 23-53). The days elapsed since the dental extraction process until the development of the alveolitis were from 2 to 15 days, being 2 to 5 days (4 cases) the most frequent time in which the symptoms were reported. Conclusions: The prevalence of alveolitis in dental clinics of the Universidad Santo Tomas in the year 2017 it was 0, 86%, the lower molars and the use of local anesthetic with adrenergic vasoconstrictor showed a predisposition to the development of alveolitis.