Analysis of the oral health situation in a doctor’s office of the municipality of Jobabo

Abstract

Background: the analysis of the oral health situation is a community-health service dialogue that offers a comprehensive vision of the health situation, to jointly establish the action plans needed to achieve a positive modification.Objective: to determine the oral health status in patients of Pueblo III family doctor’s office, municipality of Jobabo, Las Tunas, from September 2017 to January 2018.Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe was made up of the 1250 inhabitants and the sample was randomly selected and included 285 patients, distributed in 120 families. The following variables were studied: sociodemographic items, epidemiological classification, etiological factors and oral diseases. The information obtained during the study was recorded in the family and individual oral health medical histories, and it was processed according to descriptive statistics.Results: the female sex (53,3 %) and the 35 to 59 age group (35,4 %) were mostly represented. The sick people constituted 56,8 % of the sample and the 35 to 59 age group showed the highest number of cases. The following conditions were diagnosed: dental caries, (46 %), chewing dysfunction, (41,1 %), periodontal lesions (35,1 %) and dental malocclusions (15,1 %). No premalignant or malignant lesions were detected in the studied families.Conclusions: the research determined the oral health status of the studied population, identifying the following main problems: deficient oral hygiene, dental caries and chewing dysfunction.

Keywords

• diagnosis of health situation
• mouth diseases
• etiology