Abstract:
The purpose of the study: Edentation is one of the most serious diseases of the dentomaxilar
apparatus, being characterised by the absence of teeth from the oral cavity, a phenomenon that occurs
after their eruption.
Material and method: Clinical study of the treatment consisted in the total oral rehabilitation
of three patients which presented partial and total edentation, the individual treatments consisted in
adjuvant and/or conjunct prosthesis.
Results: Even in the case of resolving the extended edentation, the majority of the patients can
feel a state of infirmity because of the mobilisation of their prosthesis, but proper recouperation of the
morphology and the functions of the stomatognat system convinces the patient to undergo mobile
therapy. Plans of treatment for improving the functions of the dentomaxilar apparatus follow: educating
and informing the patient about oral hygiene, presenting and debating therapeutical solutions and
insuring that the patient understands the necessity of prosthetic treatment, as well as organising it in
stages. Therapeutic solutions to the presented situations are: total maxilar and mandibular prosthesis,
partial mandibular prosthetis – mobilised with metal hooks, fixed metal-composite on remaining teeth.
Conclusion: Restabilising ADM function is not integral (because of the total prosthesis), the
masticatory function being at 1/5 of its capacity. On tge other hand, the physionomical function is
restored almost completely, and the phonation adapts rapidly after rehabilitation.
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Dunarea de Jos University, Galati, Romania, The 6th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors, May 12-14, 2016
