Prevalência de mancha branca em crianças atendidas na clínica de odontopediatria de uma instituição de ensino superior.

Abstract

Dentistry schools clinics belonging to Higher-educational Institutions must meet the demands of users who seek various services, including preventive treatments aimed at maintaining the patient's good oral health conditions. Given this, the present study aims to identify the presence of white spot lesions in children attended in the discipline of Child Clinic II of the Dentistry Course at the Federal University of Campina Grande, campus of Patos, Paraiba, in the specialty of odontopediatrics. The sample consisted of 196 medical records and the collected data presented information regarding demographic variables (gender, age and city where he lives), presence of lesions with active or inactive white spot, number of lesions in each patient, dental elements more affected by these lesions and on which dental face it was more prevalent. Of the 196 medical records, 37 had active white spots, 20 inactive white spots and 17 active and inactive spots. The female gender presented 52.68% of the sample and the age of 8 to 10 years prevailed (43.23%). Regarding the most affected elements, the molars had a higher prevalence of active white ax (31.65%) and incisors of inactive white spot (41.44%). The face most affected by both injuries was the vestibular, 41.09% in the active white spot and 54.54% in the inactive one. Thus, knowledge of the data of patients who seek teaching clinics can assist in the development of preventive measures that reduce the incidence of caries. These data can also assist in the identification of these lesions in their initial stage, leading to a more conservative treatment.