Evidencia del seguimiento de los hábitos parafuncionales en los pacientes de la clínica integral del niño de la Universidad Santo Tomás Bucaramanga, durante 2016 y 2017

Abstract

Introduction: The parafuntional habits are alterations of the normal functions that take place in the oral cavity; they are common in children and can produce corporal, facial and oral alterations, affecting the quality of life, reason why it is necessary that the parents consult to the dentist and they make the relevant referrals. Objective: Establish the record in the clinical history of the follow-up performed from 7 to 11 years patients with parafunctional habits, who attended the "clínica integral del niño" of the Santo Tomás University, during the second semester of 2016 and the first semester of 2017. Materials and methods: This is a descriptive observational study of the series of cases type, the calculation of the sample size was not performed because all the clinical histories of patients from 7 to 11 years were reviewed, being 178 the total, of which only 20 met the inclusion criteria. The variables: personal information, parafunctional habits, reason for consultation and referrals were reviewed; in the statistical analysis, the absolute frequency and the percentage were obtained to summarize the information collected. Results: It was evidenced that 1 of the 20 clinical histories had the registration of the reason for the consultation for parafunctional habit and in 3 clinical histories the student made the referral. Conclusions: It was evidented the lack of knowledge of the parents whose childrens reported that had parafuctional habits about the consequences of them, because, in spite of being in the findings, it was not reported in the consultation reason. Finally, it was observed that the majority of the students do not have the parafunctional habits as one of the goals of the treatment or do not have enough knowledge about them.