Alveolitis como urgencia estomatológica en el Policlínico Universitario "Josué País García"

a descriptive and cross sectional investigation of 348 patients with alveolitis who attended the emergency service of "josué país garcía" university polyclinic in santiago de cuba was carried out from september, 2007 to march, 2009. the inflammation prevailed in the female sex, in the groups of 20 to 59 years of age and in the third molars of the inferior arcade. among the most common clinical manifestations pain and halitosis were predominant. the prevalence rate of the inflammatory process was 4,8 %.