Cobas PN, Navarro NJ, Pardo GMI, Turcas CMI, Rosa CC

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ABSTRACT

An analytic, observational, of cases and controls study, in children from "Pétalos de Rosa" and "La Espiguita" day care centers, belonging to the health area of "Armando García Aspurú" Teaching Polyclinic was carried out in Santiago de Cuba, during February, 2015 to March, 2016, aimed at determining the maternal and neonatal factors associated with the delay in the emergence of the temporary teeth. The population was conformed by 150 children from 2nd to 4th years of life, from whom 2 controls were taken (N=100) for each case (N=50). In the series a statistically significant association of the variables mother’s nutritional state, mother’s weight gain, maternal diseases, breast feeding and child birth weight was obtained, with the disorder of the temporary teething eruption in the children. It was suggested to carry out educational interventions in the day care centers and communities to support the family doctor’s work.