[Dental cellulitis in children. Realities and perspectives in Senegal]

Cellulitises originated from teeth are frequent in developing countries. Theyare noted as well as in child as in adult. In child, causal tooth may be primary or permanent. In a prospective trial carried at Hôpital d'Enfants Albert Royer CHU-Fann, where we studied the frequency of cellulitises among the children, the main patterns of dental affections and the causal teeth involved and, in the same way, the management and prevention of these diseases in child. We noted that: 56.52% of the cases of cellulitises recorded interest the child of pediatric dentistry age and that 87.5% of the cellulitises cases are due to a primary tooth (primary molar overall) and first permanent molar necrosis. Management and prevention of cellulitises are based on: the respect of the therapeutic protocol, dental hygiene education and systematization of setting of dental caries preventive clinical procedures like SEALANTS and stainless steel crowns as well as in primaryand permanent dentition with as main target the primary molars and the first permanent molar or 6 years age tooth.