Principales factores de riesgo relacionados con el abandono del tratamiento ortodóncico por escolares, adolescentes y adultos jóvenes / Main risk factors related to the orthodontics treatment cessation for school children, adolescents and young adults

Se realizó un estudio epidemiológico analítico, de casos y controles, para identificar los principales factores asociados al abandono del tratamiento ortodóncico en el Servicio de Ortodoncia de la Clínica Estomatológica Provincial Docente "Mártires del Moncada" de Santiago de Cuba, en el período comprendido desde septiembre de 2010 hasta julio de 2013. Para ello se crearon 2 grupos: el de los casos, integrado por 193 pacientes de uno u otro sexo, que habiendo iniciado el tratamiento ortodóncico en 2008 por presentar maloclusiones, lo abandonaron en 2010; y el de los controles, conformado por 193 que lo comenzaron también en 2008, pero lo finalizaron en 2010 o 2011. Entre las variables utilizadas figuraron: edad, sexo, escolaridad y consultas no asistidas. Se obtuvo un predominio de los varones (55,4 %), del abandono del tratamiento por los escolares (72,0 %), del menor nivel de escolaridad (88,6 %) y de la asistencia a menos de 6 consultas (54,9 %).

An analytic epidemiological, of cases and controls study, to identify the main factors associated to the orthodontics treatment cessation in the Orthodontics Service of "Martires del Moncada" Teaching Provincial Stomatological Clinic in Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from September, 2010 to July, 2013. Two groups were formed: the cases, integrated by 193 patients from both sexes that began the orthodontics treatment in 2008 due to malocclusions, and quit it in 2010; and the controls group, conformed by 193 that also began in 2008, but they concluded it in 2010 or 2011. Among the used variables there were: age, sex, school level and missed visits. A prevalence of males (55.4 %), school children treatment cessation (72.0 %), the lowest school level (88.6 %) and the attendance to less than 6 visits (54.9 %) was obtained.

Anesthetic experience of a pediatric patient with facial anomaly due to Cherubism: A case report

We report the perioperative airway management in a 7-year-old boy suffering from Cherubism who was scheduled for endoscopic sinus surgery under general anesthesia. Cherubism is a rare, hereditary disorder of the jaws characterized by expansion of the maxilla and mandible. A difficult airway was encountered during induction of general anesthesia, nasal and oral mask pitting ventilation was hard for first attempts due to facial bony abnormality. At second attempt, we tried only oral mask pitting ventilation and it was successful.