Preguntas-guía para el estudio de ideas previas sobre el manejo de infecciones odontogénicas en niños dirigido a estudiantes de odontología

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the previous ideas in dental students from 5th to 10th semester about the outpatient management of odontogenic infections in children. Materials and Method: Qualitative-interpretive study, with the participation of 60 students. The unit of analysis were the answers given in a semi-structured interview that had eight open-ended questions. The procedure had four phases: preparatory where the theoretical-conceptual framework was built as a basis for interpreting what was stated by the students, the guiding questions were elaborated. Field work: the face-to-face semi-structured interviews were carried out, the participants were cited individually in the research office. Analytical: they were established as previous categories: concept, etiology, evolution, outpatient management, routes of dissemination, pharmacological treatment. The information collected was emptied, refined and encoded, to make the exploration with interpretive technique and content analysis. Finally, a report was submitted. Results: The students recognize that this disease affects patients of any age, sex and with a compromised systemic condition. The outpatient management of odontogenic infections in children is confused with the hospital or with the necessary criteria to decide the treatment. Conclusions: An educational strategy is required that allows to consolidate the outpatient management of –IO- them from what is proposed by science to achieve meaningful learning. In the case of antibiotic therapy, students are clear about what is done and how long it will last. Emphasis is required on the outpatient management of the patient with odontogenic infection, as long as a good diagnosis is made.