Objective: to present the current concepts of Minimal Intervention Dentistry with an emphasis on minimizing the restoration cycle. Materials and methods: a bibliographic search of articles in English and Spanish was carried out in databases: Pubmed, with the words: dental caries, minimal invasive dentistry; Also, Google Scholar search was used with the keywords: dental caries, minimal intervention dentistry, tooth structure and dental remineralization in articles published between 2016 and 2020.  Results: the sample consisted of 40 scientific publications, including a literature review, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, case reports, complete original articles referring to deciduous and mixed dentition, and minimal intervention treatment alternatives. Conclusions: the objective of Minimal Intervention Dentistry is to avoid unnecessarily removing healthy dental tissue, avoiding t...

Objective: To determine the frequency of hypodontia found by panoramic radiographs in patients between 7 and 15 years of age who attended the Institute of Maxillofacial Diagnosis (IDM) in the period between 2016 and 2020. Materials and methods: The study was observational, cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive. Four hundred panoramic radiographs were used to detect the absence of teeth, type of teeth, number of affected teeth, maxilla, age and sex through structured observation. Results: The frequency of hypodontia found by panoramic radiographs in patients between 7 and 15 years old who attended the Institute of Maxillofacial Diagnosis (IDM) between 2016 and 2020 was 8.5%, the second premolar presented the highest frequency of hypodontia with 58.8%. According to the number of pieces, a percentage of 44.1% was found in patients with an affected piece; the highest frequency of hy...

Objective: to present the current concepts of Minimal Intervention Dentistry with an emphasis on minimizing the restoration cycle. Materials and methods: a bibliographic search of articles in English and Spanish was carried out in databases: Pubmed, with the words: dental caries, minimal invasive dentistry; Also, Google Scholar search was used with the keywords: dental caries, minimal intervention dentistry, tooth structure and dental remineralization in articles published between 2016 and 2020.  Results: the sample consisted of 40 scientific publications, including a literature review, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, case reports, complete original articles referring to deciduous and mixed dentition, and minimal intervention treatment alternatives. Conclusions: the objective of Minimal Intervention Dentistry is to avoid unnecessarily removing healthy dental tissue, avoiding t...

Objective: To determine the frequency of hypodontia found by panoramic radiographs in patients between 7 and 15 years of age who attended the Institute of Maxillofacial Diagnosis (IDM) in the period between 2016 and 2020. Materials and methods: The study was observational, cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive. Four hundred panoramic radiographs were used to detect the absence of teeth, type of teeth, number of affected teeth, maxilla, age and sex through structured observation. Results: The frequency of hypodontia found by panoramic radiographs in patients between 7 and 15 years old who attended the Institute of Maxillofacial Diagnosis (IDM) between 2016 and 2020 was 8.5%, the second premolar presented the highest frequency of hypodontia with 58.8%. According to the number of pieces, a percentage of 44.1% was found in patients with an affected piece; the highest frequency of hy...

El presente trabajo de investigación fue de tipo observacional, transversal, retrospectivo y descriptivo, y se realizó con el objetivo de determinar la frecuencia de hipodoncia hallada mediante radiografías panorámicas en pacientes de 7 a 15 años que acudieron al Instituto de Diagnóstico Maxilofacial (IDM) en el periodo entre el 2016 hasta el 2020. El tamaño muestral estuvo constituido por 400 radiografías panorámicas seleccionadas de manera aleatoria, las cuales fueron analizadas una por una mediante su proyección en una computadora, en este análisis se evaluó la hipodoncia según el tipo de pieza dentaria, el número de piezas dentarias afectadas, maxilar, frecuencia de hipodoncia según la edad y sexo. Posterior al análisis, se obtuvo que la frecuencia de hipodoncia fue de 8.5%. El segundo premolar fue la pieza con mayor frecuencia de hipodoncia con un 58.8% seguido de lo...