Prevalência da associação entre lesões cervicais não cariosas e estresse em pacientes da Clínica de Odontologia da UFCG.

Abstract

Non-carious cervical lesions present as irreversible loss of dental structure in the cervical region without bacterial involvement, having a complex and multifactorial etiology. Due to stress, the loss of dental tissue in this region has been understood by occlusal factors, associating the lesion with bruxism, tightening and premature contact, and is associated with dietary, para-functional habits, time of the teeth in the mouth and greater attempt of hygiene . This study aims to compare the levels of stress in patients attended at the Clinical School of Dentistry of the UFCG and who presented or not lesion. The study was cross-sectional, observational, with an inductive approach and a comparative, descriptive procedure, adopting as strategy the data collection of the Lipp Stress Symptoms questionnaire (ISSL). Phase I corresponds to the experience of stress in the last 24 hours, phase II in the last week and phase III in the last month. The data were collected from March to May 2019, tabulated and submitted on the brazilian platform. Composed of 151 participants, 100 (66.2%) were women and 51 (33.8%) men, of whom, 26 (50.9%) were in the phase of exhaustion (Phase III), and 100 women , 52 (52%) were also at that level. When asked about the stomatognathic system, dry mouth was the most reported among men (56.7%) and among women without lesions (35.7%). Among women with injuries, muscle tension was the most marked (50%). Therefore, stress can influence the onset of Non-Carious Cervical Injury (LCNC) and lead to the development of disorders of the stomatognathic apparatus.