Effectiveness of ozone therapy in the treatment of oral diseases in patients of a health district

Abstract

Background: there is a history of the effective use of ozone therapy in the treatment of oral diseases.

Objective: to assess the effectiveness of oleozon in the treatment of oral diseases in patients older than 12 years of age who presented to the "Guillermo Tejas" University Polyclinic, from September 2015 to December 2019.

Methods: a therapeutic intervention with ozone therapy was performed with the patients, institution and during the period of time herein declared. The following diseases were considered: subprosthesis stomatitis, transient acute pulpitis, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, alveolitis, pericoronitis, chronic edematous gingivitis, dental caries in deep dentin and infected root canals. The sample was made up of 464 patients fairly distributed, and according to the diagnosis of oral disease, in two groups, cases and controls. The third, fifth and seventh days of treatment were assessed.

Results: according to sex, there was a greater presence of women with 249 (53,7 %); of the diseases, alveolitis predominated in 102 patients (21,9 %), followed by subprosthesis stomatitis (80 patients, 17,2 %). On the third day, 97 patients (41,8 %) progressed favorably in the case group, and on the seventh day they were 209 (90,1 %). In the control group, on the third day only 61 patients (26,2 %) had progressed favorably, reaching 182 (78,4 %) on the seventh day of treatment. No adverse reactions were reported, save for the unpleasant smell and taste.

Conclusions: ozone therapy was an effective treatment for oral diseases in the studied patients.