Prevalencia de piercing oral y lesiones bucodentales en adolescentes del colegio Humberto Gómez Nigrinis de Piedecuesta

Abstract

The use of oral piercing has become in recent years a new fashion, by which adolescents found a form of body cult expression which is not without implications for issues related to oral health. From this perspective, this project aims to determine the prevalence of oral piercing and oral lesions in adolescents from Humberto Gomez Nigrinis School from the Municipality of Piedecuesta, Santander. To this purpose, the descriptive observational prevalence study measured the frequency of exposure to piercing practices and the effects in a sample of 572 students, aged between 13 and 19 years. The variables considered were demographic (age, gender, and education level stratum) and the variable related to the use of piercing (use, time, and mouth cleaning, care and risk behaviors). The results showed that 16.4% of students reported experiences with the use of piercing; 4% use it currently; the middle of the tongue is the area most frequently perforated (45.7%). A 74.5% of young people with experience in the use of piercing reported difficulty eating; jewelry accidental swallowing (37.2%); bleeding (25.5%); inflammation (21.3%); infection (8.5%) and receding gums (9.6%).More education and information about the effects of this class of adjuncts and the consequences associated with oral health is recommended.