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LAO GALLARDO, William  e  SOBALVARRO MOJICA, Karen. Hospital expenditures due to salivary gland diseases, CCSS, Costa Rica, 1997 to 2015. Odontología Vital [online]. 2018, n.28, pp.41-50. ISSN 1659-0775.

The following descriptive study analyzes the cases reported on diseases of the salivary glands of the database of the Registry of Hospital emerges of the Health Statistics Area of the Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, which occurred during the years 1997 to 2015, which were analyzed by variables of behavior of epidemiological time, place and person, descriptive statistics. The purpose of this article is to investigate the casuistry that helps the professional in dentistry as tool for the early diagnosis that contributes to the individual establishment of the timely detection and the appropriate intervention measures.

A total of 1,606 cases of diseases of the salivary glands were registered, according to the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10. Within the results obtained were the rate by age group were concentrated in the population over 65 with a rate of 8.28 x 10.000 inhabitants. The rate by geographic location in our country was 4.34 per 10,000 inhabitants in the province of Alajuela.

Palavras-chave : Salivary glands; tumors; sialadenosis; sialolithiasis.

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