[When to start orthodontic treatment]. / Cuándo comenzar un tratamiento de ortodoncia.

We are frequently ashed by patient and dentist what the best age is to begin orthodontic treatment. In this article we will try to classify what the best age to begin treatment is, according to the type of malocclusion.

Spontaneous loss of permanent teeth: a case report.

Pathological root resorption has clinical symptoms of great importance when it appears in permanent teeth, as its etiology is not always clear. It is important to examine all local and general factors before determining its "idiopathic" cause. A case of spontaneous loss of permanent teeth in a 19 year-old female is presented. Through a meticulous study correlating the clinical history and the evolution of the symptoms, we can suspect that non-dental medical interventions requiring general anesthesia can lead to the loss of permanent teeth through root resorption.

Tooth eruption in children with growth deficit.

The authors aim to study the relation existing between the chronology of tooth eruption and delayed growth, whether this is delayed growth with or without low genetic height or delayed growth caused by growth hormone deficit. The 50 children included in the sample were studied from the endocrine and dental points of view and it was found that children whose delayed growth is accompanied by a low genetic height or growth hormone deficit presented retardation in dentition and retardation in bone age. However, a retardation in bone age does not necessarily imply a retardation in dentition.

Situaciones de urgencia del consultorio odontopediátrico

Para los odontólogos dedicados al tratamiento dental infantil, es necesario conocer los posibles riesgos de nuestra terapia, así como los accidentes que pueden ocurrir durante y después de realizada la misma. De esta manera, teniéndolos presentes, así como, conociendo los diferentes tratamientos para solucionar estas emergencias, podremos salvar a nuestro paciente de situaciones que van desde las más leves a aquellas que pueden incluso poner en peligro su vida

[Epidemiological profile of dental caries in Alcalá de Henares]. / Perfil epidemiológico de la caries dental en Alcalá de Henares.

This epidemiological study was carried out in order to know the buccal condition of 1,217 children aged between 5 and 15, in Alcalá de Henares, city whose social-economic and geographical characteristics are representative of the national average. The study has been made with data obtained by means of clinical and radiological exploration. The average results which have been found were 5.34 for co rate, 6.53 for the cos, 3.07 for the CAOD y 4.90 for the CAOS. The percentage of children with caries was 88.15%, almost an average of 5.13 caries per child.

[The importance of pediatrics in obtaining oral health in the child]. / La importancia de la pediatría en la obtención de la salud bucal en el niño.

The disease which has most prevalence in Spanish school population is dental caries. The children's buccal health decay is as much important as to generate pathology at a local, proximal or general level, alterating his growth and development. Throughout this work, the importance of the problem is reviewed, and the way pediatrician's participation in prevention of this disease, leading to reductions of more than 50% of these lesions, is explained.