Traumatic alterations By the time this study was carried out, of the 80 cases which came to the Orthodontics Department of the General Hospital Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, only 3,4% presented some traumatic sequel. All these sequels were skeletal in nature and none of them presented soft tissue scarring Figure 8.
De los 80 casos que acudieron a solicitar atención al Departamento de Ortodoncia del Hospital General "Dr. Manuel Gea González" cuando se hizo este estudio, sólo 3 pacientes 4% presentaron alguna secuela traumática, las cuales fueron todas a nivel esquelético y ninguna presentaba cicatrices en tejidos blandos Figura 8.