Behavior of the mucous- gingival disorders and its treatment. Matanzas, 2008-2010

Abstract

It is more and more frequent to observe the patients concern for the presence of mucous-gingival disorders, and among them, one of the most common is the periodontal recession. It can be accompanied by radicular sensibility, higher prevalence of caries and cervical abrasions. Nevertheless, the aesthetic compromise uses to be the main motive of consultation. In the presence of this kind of disorder we have two possibilities: no treating it and controlling its evolution or correcting it using mucous-gingival surgery techniques. With the objective of showing the behavior of the mucous-gingival disorders and their treatment, we carried out a an observational, descriptive and transversal research in a population of 169 patients attended in the service of Periodontics of the Teaching Stomatologic Clinic III Congreso del PCC, of Matanzas, in the period between 2008 and 2010. Mucous-gingival disorders were present in 34, 1 %, and the periodontal recession was the most frequent (28,6 %). We concluded that women were the most affected, and the age groups from 15 to 34 and from 35 to 59. Most of the patients referred from the service of Orthodontics were 5 to 11 years old and were under periodontal evolvable control; the free graft of connective tissue and epithelium was the most used mucous-gingival technique in the service.