Prevalencia de caninos permanentes incluidos en pacientes que acudieron a la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de Cuenca del 2012-2016

Abstract

The canines included are those teeth that, once their normal time of eruption has arrived, have not yet reached them and remain inside the jaws, maintaining the integrity of their pericoronary sac. The canine eruption is considered late after 12.3 years in girls and 13.1 years in children, very late after 13.9 years in girls and 14.6 years in boys, in 95% of the Spanish population.

A descriptive observational study was carried out based on the analysis of panoramic radiographs obtained from the database of the radiology area of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca, belonging to the period 2012-2016. A total of 1605 were collected, of which 1005 qualified as apt for the investigation, in which they analyzed the existence of canines including maxillary, mandibular or bimaxilar; as well as its right, left or bilateral location.

The prevalence of canines included was 3%, where females predominated with 52%, while males were 48%. Patients between the ages of 15 and 23 years were the most canine included.