Objective: To describe intraoral and extraoral soft tissue lesions and periodontal health identified during the occupational medical evaluation of operational and administrative workers in the construction sector of Lima, Peru. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study conducted on 150 construction workers evaluated with a dental-occupational instrument with epidemiological indices for periodontal disease and clinical attachment loss, as well as indicators for intraoral and extraoral lesions. Results: The community periodontal index of young adult operational workers (bleeding = 3.58; pocket = 1.13) and mature adult operational workers (bleeding = 3.04; pocket = 1.16) was higher than that of young adult administrative workers (bleeding = 1.55; pocket = 0.73) and mature adult administrative workers (bleeding = 1.05; pocket = 0.84). Young adult operational workers (CAL= 36.50%; n = 19...

Objetivo: Evaluar la calidad de registro o llenado de historias clínicas de pacientes nuevos atendidos en unaClínica Dental Docente durante el período de enero a julio de 2012 empleando la auditoría odontológica comoherramienta sistematizada. Material y métodos: Se tomaron como muestra 140 historias clínicas de pacientesnuevos de las cuales se evaluó la frecuencia y porcentaje de registro de los diferentes aspectos que componenla historia clínica. Resultados: Se encontró que el 78% de las historias no tenían completo el registro en losdiferentes aspectos evaluados, encontrando que de los diecisiete aspectos evaluados, nueve registran entre 11% y29%, quedando entre un 89% y un 71% de historias que no registran estos aspectos. Se identifi caron tres aspectosque se registran entre 84% y 86% (número de historia, cuestionario de salud y examen estomatológico), cuatroaspectos regi...

Objetivos: Evaluar la calidad técnica de los tratamientos realizados por los operadores y la calidad percibida por los pacientes del Servicio de Operatoria Dental en una Clínica Dental Docente durante el año 2014.  Material y métodos: Participaron 216 pacientes de manera voluntaria y aleatoria a quienes se les aplicó una encuesta para medir la calidad percibida del servicio. Posteriormente, se evaluaron los tratamientos de operatoria que les fueron realizados para determinar la calidad técnica a través de la comparación con los protocolos de atención. Resultados: En relación con la calidad percibida, el 74,8% de los participantes percibe la calidad de atención como “Regular”, seguido de un 15,3% de pacientes que la perciben como “Malo” y un solo un 5% como “Muy malo”. Sólo un 4,3% la percibe como “Bueno” y un 0,6% la percibe como “Muy bueno”. En relación...

Objective: To evaluate the frequency and distribution of adverse events that occur in the development of dental treatments performed by clinical operators of a Teaching Dental Clinic during 2015. Material and Methods: An observational and descriptive longitudinal and prospective study was carried out to evaluate the frequency of adverse events in the dental practice of Dentistry students, for which a System for the Registration and Notification of Adverse Events in Dentistry was implemented aimed at 110 clinical operators in the areas of Restorative Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Endodontics and Oral Rehabilitation during 2015. Results: 167 adverse events were reported, representing 10.18% of the total treatments performed during the monitoring and evaluation period. Common, depending on the clinical field, were “Post-restorative treatment hypersensitivity” (restorative dentistry), “Over...

Objective: To describe the lesions in dental tissues and oral health disorders found during the occupational medical examination of workers in the construction sector in Lima, Peru. Material and methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out on 150 workers in the construction sector, selected by simple random sampling. A stomatological evaluation was carried out by direct observation, and a dental-occupational evaluation instrument was used with indexes for dental caries, caries severity and dental trauma, and indicators of clinical consequences of untreated caries (pulp pathology) and non-carious lesions. Results: The caries experience of operators without higher education (CPOD = 14.99) and with higher education (CPOD = 13.06) was higher than that of supervisors (CPOD = 8.23) and administrative workers (CPOD = 5.08). The operators without higher education (SiC = 18.04...