Conocimiento del diagnóstico y tratamiento para la HIM por los estudiantes de la clínica del niño en la Universidad Santo Tomás en el ii 2018

Abstract

Introduction. The Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH) is a congenital disease which is the result of many quantitative issues in the enamel quality. This pathology affects from one to 4 molars and it is frequently related with permanent incisors. This disease basically presents different types of demarcated injuries and different kind of opacities which are tied up with the dental formation process. These features are usually a big problem for the professionals and dentistry students because they struggle at making the right diagnosis and the right treatment which makes the lack of knowledge controlling this disease questionable. Objective. Evaluate the Santo Tomas university student’s knowledge who are going through the pediatric clinic I, II, III, about the indication and diagnostic of MIH patients. Materials and Methods. A descriptive observational cross-sectional study was made, in 134 students the children's clinic dental I, II, III. were included by a simple random probabilistic sampling. A survey was used to evaluate the sociodemographic variables, semester, MIH stadium and treatment. The statistical analysis was conducted by the Stata IC version 14 program which considered a univariate analysis where frequencies were calculated for the qualitative variables, average and standard deviation for the quantitative and finally a bivariate analysis by the ‘Chi-Square o ‘Fisher’s Exact’ test. Results. 134 students were selected. 45 from seventh-semester, 45 from eighth-semester and the last group was formed by 44 from ninth. The highest participation was by women with 76.9%, with an average age of 21 years. Most of the students came from an urban area where predominant stratum was number four. The students who were in the eighth semester were the most successful in most cases. The treatment that was chosen the most was Remineralization with a 21.9%. Conclusion. Students that don’t have enough knowledge or don’t have the right competences about the diseases or the pathology they are going to straggle by the time they are trying to make a diagnostic or to choose the right treatment in the teeth that is going to be evaluated.