Prevalence of recurrent aphthous stomatitis in a family medical office, Manzanillo, Cuban. A cross-sectional study
Viviana de la Caridad Collado Pérez, Milagros de la Caridad Pérez Suárez, Carlos Manuel Collado Hernández, Vivian Pérez Núñez

TL;DR
This study found that over 30% of patients in a Cuban clinic had recurring mouth ulcers, with stress being a major contributing factor.
Contribution
The study provides new prevalence data for recurrent aphthous stomatitis in a specific Cuban population and highlights psychosomatic factors as a key risk.
Findings
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis affected 30.46% of the studied population.
Minor aphthosis was the most common type, and stress was identified as the main risk factor.
Ulcers most often occurred on the tongue and vestibular groove, lasting 10-12 days on average.
Abstract
La estomatitis aftosa recurrente, también conocida como úlceras aftosas o simplemente aftas, se considera la más común de las lesiones de la mucosa oral. Describir la prevalencia de la estomatitis aftosa recurrente. Estudio descriptivo, transversal y prospectivo. Se evaluó a 847 pacientes que acudieron al Consultorio Médico de Familia N.o 28, Comunidad San Francisco, Manzanillo (Cuba), desde el 1 de julio de 2021 hasta el 30 de junio de 2022. Un investigador auxiliar, calibrado y capacitado, evaluó las siguientes variables: clasificación clínica de la estomatitis aftosa recurrente (aftosis menor, aftosis mayor, oaftosis herpetiforme), intensidad del dolor de la lesión, localización de la lesión, factores de riesgo (infección viral, infección bacteriana, alteraciones inmunológicas, alteraciones psicosomáticas, traumas bucales, alteraciones gastrointestinales, factores endocrinos,…
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Taxonomy
TopicsOral Health Pathology and Treatment · Pediatric health and respiratory diseases · Medical research and treatments
