Patologías pulpares y periapicales más frecuentes en urgencias en 2 clínicas estomatológicas

pulpar and periapical pathologies are some of the diseases that make the patients attend the dental emergency department due to their symptomatology. it is very important to make a right diagnosis at this moment in order to give the adequate therapy. the frequency of these pathologies at the dental emergency department led us to write this paper. one of its objectives was to contribute to the knowledge of the most frequent pulpar and periapical pathologies in emergencies and to determine the most common acute pulpar pathology according to age groups and the acute periapical pathology. 70 patients from the ?dr. mario pozo ochoa? and ?manuel angulo farrán? dental clinics were examined. it was observed that the acute pathologies were the most frequent and, among them, hyperemia and acute alveolar abscess.