Prevalence of oral alterations in newborns of palmas (Brazil)
International Journal of Development Research
Prevalence of oral alterations in newborns of palmas (Brazil)
Received 18th October, 2019; Received in revised form 06th November, 2019; Accepted 22nd December, 2019; Published online 31st January, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Romano Deluque Júnior et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of this study was to verify the prevalence of oral alterations in newborns and the treatments indicated. It was cross-sectional research, retrospective, that analyzed 9390 of newborns records in the Maternity and Intensive Unit of the Hospital and Maternity Dona Regina (HMDR) in the city of Palmas, Tocantins state, Brazil. Data were collected by a single examiner. In 2016 and 2017 the largest oral alteration found was: Epstein pearl (535), followed by Bonh Nodule (1669), the altered labial frenulum (1621) and ankyloglossia (1405). Records of surgical procedures were found, frenectomy in 797 newborns and natal teeth were removed (12). The oral anomalies in infants are not uncommon, inclusion cysts were the most common alterations of the oral cavity, the prevalence of ankyloglossia was above the indices found in the literature and frenectomies procedures were high. The HDR team did not present data on the indication of lip frenotomy surgery, and the prevalence of natal teeth was rare.
