Frecuencia de las lesiones cervicales no cariosas en los estudiantes de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

At present with increased prevalence of nonbacterial lesions in which tooth structure is lost at tooth neck level, it has begun to place more worldwide importance of the study of non-carious cervical lesions (abrasion, erosion and abfraction), the same that have not well defined etiology, it has been considered the theory that they are produced by more than one factor, whether mechanical factors, chemical factors, or frictional movements of occlusion, etc. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of non-carious cervical lesions (NCCL) in students who were attending to Dentistry school of the University of Cuenca. A clinical examination was performed on 105 students selected by convenience who were studying at this school during the period March - August 2015, it was observed that 61.9% of the sample had one or more non-carious cervical lesions, appearing mostly as plate shape, on the buccal side and in the group of premolar tooth