Necesidad de tratamiento odontológico en estudiantes neotomasinos periodo 2013 a 2017

Abstract

Objective: to assess the dental treatment needs of neotomasinos to Universidad Santo Tomás from 2013 to 2017. Methods: a descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study was done in 375 neotomasinos whose clinical reports met the inclusion criteria. The variables analyzed were those described in the report, sociodemographic aspects, personal medical history and the clinical oral examination performed by the students of IX semester. Frequencies and proportions were calculated for the qualitative variables, measures of central tendency for the quantitative ones; Chi2, Fisher's Exact, and Mann Whitney's U. were applied as appropriate. A value of p <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The Consent of the Ethics Committee of the Clinics was obtained. Results: during the evaluated period, 6293 students were admitted to the first semester, of these, 382 (6.1%) had the clinical examination that the University offered without cost. The average age of neotomasinos was 18.4 ± 3.0 years [CI 95% 18.1 - 18.7], there was no statistically significant difference in age according to gender (p=0.2222), 224 (60.1%) were female. A statistically significant difference was observed (p=0.010) in the year of accomplishment of the clinical report according to sex, because a higher proportion of women had clinical exams in 2013 (62.3%). The dental treatment needs was promotion and prevention with a total of 309 (83.1%) clinical reports, followed by surgery with 151 (40.6%) and the treatment from which no record was obtained was endodontics. The most frequent background were the surgical ones in 71 (17.4%) reports and in smaller frequency, the musculoskeletal diseases in 1 (0.3%) clinical reports. Conclusions: the most prevalent dental treatment needs was promotion and prevention, which suggests that the population studied did not present alterations or major compromises in their oral health.