Study on prevalence of traumatic injuries in deciduous teeth of children aged from 6 to 60 months in the city of João Pessoa - Paraíba

Introduction: Traumatic injuries in anterior teeth are common in children and can cause serious consequences in subsequent permanent teeth, requiring professional intervention to minimize complications. Objective: To evaluate the traumatic injuries in anterior deciduous teeth of children enrolled in kindergartens and schools at the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba. Material and methods: The sample comprised 46 children, both genders, aged from 6 to 60 months. Data collection was based on X-rays, intraoral clinical analysis and the application of questionnaire with open and structured questions to obtain information on previous injuries, obtained by a calibrated examiner. Data was subjected to descriptive statistics by calculating absolute and relative frequencies, and to inferential statistics by Chi-square test (p < 0.05). Results: The results showed that 71.73% of children affected were male, 60.9% aged from two to three years, 63% of injuries occurred at home, 56.5 % had enamel fractures and 53.3% had injuries in the maxillary right central incisor. Conclusion: Trauma in deciduous teeth is common, especially in young children. Thus, preventive and corrective measures should be taken, both at private and public dental care.

A clínica psicológica infantil em uma perspectiva existencial / The children’s psychological clinic in an existential perspective / La clínica psicológica de niños en una perspectiva existencial

Neste artigo, tentaremos responder aos questionamentos acerca da viabilidade de uma clínica psicológica com base na filosofia da existência. Iniciamos assinalando aspectos que apontam para a possibilidade de uma clínica psicológica infantil em uma perspectiva existencial. Para tanto, consideraremos que o que está em questão na criança, ou seja, seu caráter de indeterminação, de liberdade e de cuidado, em nada difere do adulto. E que os aspectos essenciais na postura do clínico são a atitude fenomenológica e a preocupação libertadora. Desta forma, o psicólogo clínico, prescindindo de qualquer posicionamento teórico e da respectiva categorização acerca do comportamento infantil, pode acercar-se do fenômeno tal como esse se apresenta...

In this article we will try to show a child psychological clinic is possible under the existential perspective. So, for this we will start by considering that what is at issue in the child, i.e. their character of indetermination, freedom and care differs nothing from adult. And that the essential aspects of posture are clinical phenomenological attitude and liberating concern. Thus, the clinical psychologist - besides any theoretical position and categorization about child’s behavior - can get closer to the phenomenon as it presents itself...

En este artículo intentaremos mostrar elementos que hacen viable la clínica psicológica en una perspectiva existencial. Por lo tanto, vamos a empezar por considerar lo que está presente en el niño, es decir, su carácter de indeterminación y libertad que en nada difiere del adulto. Y que los aspectos esenciales de la postura clínica son la actitud fenomenológica y la preocupación libertadora. Así, el psicólogo clínico, sin cualquier posicionamiento teórico y sin la categorización del comportamiento infantil, se acerca del fenómeno tan como éste se presenta a él...