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Implant-tooth fixed supported prosthesis: A review
Published in J. Belinha, R.M. Natal Jorge, J.C. Reis Campos, Mário A.P. Vaz, João Manuel, R.S. Tavares, Biodental Engineering V, 2019
R. Batista, A. Moreira, M. Sampaio-Fernandes, P. Vaz, J.C. Reis Campos, M.H. Figueiral
For decades, dental implants have been recommended to improve the retention of removable dental prostheses (RDPs) placed in edentulous mandible (Rammelsberg et al. 2013). Moreover, prosthodontic options include fixed dental prosthesis (FDPs) on either, abutment teeth or abutment implants, a combination of abutment teeth and implants, implant-supported single crowns and resin-bonded prosthesis.
Entitlements to social health benefits for asylum seekers and refugees in Germany
Published in Katja Kuehlmeyer, Corinna Klingler, Richard Huxtable, Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Health Care for, 2018
The regulation of § 4 para. 1 AsylbLG provides that necessary medical and dental treatment, including the supply of medicines, surgical materials and other services necessary for the recovery, improvement or alleviation of illnesses, are to be granted only for the treatment of acute illnesses and painful conditions. The claim also includes protective vaccinations and medically necessary preventative examinations; the supply of dental prosthesis is restricted to those cases in which such supply cannot be postponed for medical reasons. In addition, § 6 allows more extensive benefits to be granted, in particular if they are indispensable in individual cases to safeguard subsistence or health, to meet the special needs of children, or to fulfil an administrative obligation to co-operate.
Prosthetic Management of Surgically Acquired Oral and Facial Defects
Published in John C Watkinson, Raymond W Clarke, Terry M Jones, Vinidh Paleri, Nicholas White, Tim Woolford, Head & Neck Surgery Plastic Surgery, 2018
A small number of patients can receive, tolerate and function reasonably well with conventional fixed and removable dental prostheses following surgery but the majority of patients who have undergone reconstructive procedures within the mouth are often left with aberrations in intra-oral anatomy that are difficult to overcome with simple dental prostheses alone. It is in this context that the maxillofacial prosthodontist relies on the use of osseointegrated implants to overcome these difficulties.
Oral care in intensive care units: Lithuanian nurses’ attitudes and practices
Published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2023
Julija Narbutaitė, Gertrūda Skirbutytė, Jorma I. Virtanen
Table 2 shows the nurses’ behaviour towards the oral care of ICUs patients. Most (75, 69%) of the nurses stated that their ICU has a protocol for providing oral hygiene to patients. Almost all (102, 94%) reported providing oral hygiene care to their patients and that (78, 72%) removed dental prostheses from patients’ mouths. Additionally, (95, 94%) reported knowing how to treat a coated tongue: (66, 70%) used a toothbrush, and (26, 30%) used gauze. The nurses working long 24-hour shifts reported significantly more thorough oral care (providing oral care to ICU patients, removing dental prostheses from patients’ mouths, knowing how to treat a coated tongue, using a toothbrush when performing oral hygiene procedures) of their patients (p < .05) than did those working shorter shifts.
Oral health and the presence of infectious microorganisms in hospitalized patients: a preliminary observational study
Published in Annals of Medicine, 2022
Adriana Silva da Costa Cruz, Yara Peixoto Fidelis, Danielly de Mendonça Guimarães, Herick Sampaio Muller, Vicente de Paulo Martins, Erica Negrini Lia
Initially, 403 patients and their medical records were evaluated and 300 were excluded. Out of the 103 patients assessed at T1, 63 remained hospitalized at T2 and 46 at T3. (Figure 1). Table 1 describes the characterization of the population assessed in the study at T1. At T1, the majority of the patients were women (62.1%), no smokers (88%), were under physiological oral feeding (98.1%), and did not need assistance for oral hygiene (95.1%). About 40% of the patients performed oral hygiene three times per day. The average number of teeth was 13 (±12), and one-third of the patients were edentulous. About 48.5% of the patients were users of a removable dental prosthesis, and 50% of them did not remove it during sleep. Anti-hypertensive and anticoagulant drugs, besides diuretics, and antimicrobials were the main drugs utilized during hospitalization. Xerostomia was the principal oral complaint. The prevalence of oral lesions was 25.2% at T1 (ulcers, leukoplakia, candidiasis, fibroma, and hyperplasia); 26.9% in T2 and 19.5% in T3. Five patients, who did not present oral lesions at the first examination (T1), developed oral ulcers throughout the 7-day follow-up.
Design optimization of implant geometrical characteristics enhancing primary stability using FEA of stress distribution around dental prosthesis
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Sameh Elleuch, Hanen Jrad, Amir Kessentini, Mondher Wali, Fakhreddine Dammak
It can be emphasized from Table 3 and Figures 3–6, that maximum Von Mises stress in abutment is much higher than those in the implant, also, it is less significant in the cortical bone. Indeed, maximum equivalent stress is ranged from 127.2 to 148.2 MPa, in abutment and from 8.71 to 38.57 MPa in the implant. From biomechanical view, the abutment represents the most fragile component of the implant–prosthesis complex, due to the highest concentration of stresses that retains (Djebbar et al. 2010). In the cortical bone, maximum equivalent stress varies between 5.74 and 11.76 MPa and from 24.46 to 20.3 MPa in the cancellous bone. The maximum Von Mises stress in the cortical bone are the smallest when compared with those of the abutment, the implant and the cancellous bone. In fact, the durability of dental prosthesis is closely related on the level and the distribution of the stresses in the structure components.