Clinical diagnosis of patients with subprosthesis stomatitis bearers of prosthetic aparatology

Abstract

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 75 patients with stomatitis subprosthesis of the hard palate mucus bearers of removable prosthetic aparatology, assisted in the stomatological service of the Specialties Polyclinic in "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital from Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from November, 2014 to the same month in2015, inorder to characterized them from the clinical point of view. In the case material there was a prevalence of the female sex, the 60 years and over age group, as well as the absence of symptomatology. Grade I estomatitis was the most frequent; while loosened prosthesis, the time of continuous use and the habit of not removing away the prosthesis were the main predisposing factors in the emergence of this disease. Reason why it is important to carry out educational actions that allow to diminish the presence of this disorder.

Keywords

• estomatitis subprótesis, aparatología protésica, prótesis dental, prótesis desajustada, uso continuo de prótesis dental, atención secundaria de salud.