Abstract

SANTOS, Ana Gabriele da Cruz; MACHADO, Cíntia de Vasconcellos; TELLES, Paloma Dias da Silva  and  ROCHA, Maria Celina Barreiros Siquara da. Early loss of deciduous molars in children assisted by the School of Dentistry of the University of Bahia. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.3, pp. 189-193. ISSN 1677-3888.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the early loss of deciduous molars in children assisted by the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Bahia (FOUFBA) in the years of 2010 and 2011. Data was collected through the exploration of the medical records of 153 children, between 03 and 09 years old. We found that 35.3% of the records evaluated had early loss of one or more deciduous molars, where 59,25% were males and 40.75% females. The higher frequency of early loss of deciduous molars occurred in patients who are nine years old (37%). The lower left second deciduous molar was the most frequently tooth lost (17.1%). With regard to the arcade, the losses that occurred exclusively in the mandible corresponded to 51.9%, whereas 12,9% occurred only in the maxilla and in 35.2% of the records accessed, the losses occurred in both arches. The results of this study emphasizes the fundamental importance of practices and methods in educational and preventive dental care for children, so that the early loss of deciduous tooth could be reduced, and, if it occurs, space maintainers should be installed to prevent unwanted consequences of premature tooth loss.

Keywords : Early loss; Deciduous molars; Pediatric dentistry..