Evaluación del plano terminal y clase canina en niños de 4 a 6 años de edad de la Unidad Educativa 24 de Mayo de la provincia de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
This study was carried out with the purpose of knowing the prevalence of the terminal plane and the canine class in children from 4 to 6 years old who belong to the Educational Unit May 24 of the Province of Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. The research was conducted in 34 children of both sexes who were randomly chosen with the appropriate informed consent, signed by the parents or representatives. Using previously, biosecurity measures such as cap, gloves, mask, apron and bib, to correctly evaluate the terminal plane and the canine class were analyzed clinically with a mirror, and bite records and dental impressions were taken to each child for their emptying. Subsequently, the clinical analysis was performed through the terminal planes, rectum, mesial step terminal plane, distal end plane, which are observed according to the second upper and lower bilateral temporal molars, bilateral upper and lower temporal canines, for canine classes, one , two and three. A result of 73.5 percent of children who presented a straight plane, the mesial end plane was 14.7 percent, and the distal end plane was 8.8 percent, while in the canine class which was found, 97.05 percent with class one and in class three was 2.9 percent, and no canine class two was found. There was a slight difference between the sexes in terms of the terminal planes, since male dominated, on the other hand, the female class one predominated in the female sex, since 2.94 percent in the canine class three predominated in the male sex, that is, only one child. As for the ages evaluated, the 5-year-old children had a greater degree of canine class one and three with a total of 41.17 percent, as well as in the terminal plane, mesial step and distal step with a total of 41, 17 percent. It is important to evaluate early the type of bite of the pediatric patient, to achieve an interceptive treatment