Prevalence of the sublingual varices and their association with local and sistemics factors in a group of patiens who goes to the Dr. René Puig Bentz dental clinic of UNPHU.

The study aimed to witness first-hand whether sublingual varicose veins are associated with local factors such as smoking or bruxism and general factors such as hypertension. To carry out the study, a sample of 222 patients was used, to whom an intraoral clinical examination was performed to detect oral varicose veins, blood pressure was taken at two moments of the clinical examination, and intraoral clinical photographs to demonstrate. the presence of varicose veins. These data were processed in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The result was that 91 patients presented oral varicose veins of these, 85 corresponded to sublingual varicose veins, which showed an association with bruxism and high blood pressure, so sublingual varicose veins can be considered a sign of these factors. Bruxism turned out to be a new finding, which had not been previously reported in the literature, this was quite interesting for the study because according to its characteristics, it did not seem to be a factor related to the vascular system, instead it is required that due to the forces exerted by bruxomaniacs patients, the vertical dimension is reduced, affecting the soft tissues and, therefore, resulting in the appearance of varicose veins. Obtaining these data highlights the importance of the intraoral clinical examination during the dental consultation, thus demonstrating the importance of carrying out a thorough evaluation, without overlooking clinical signs that may have clinical relevance.