Comparison of different methods to design full removable prostheses; criteria and correction of adaptation processes

Rehabilitation of patients with total loss of teeth is a complex problem of designing prostheses which would be adequate in functional, esthetic, and psychological regard. Significant or total loss of teeth occurs mostly in people aged 60 or more. Elderly age is the main peculiarity of these patients and causes serious problems in orthopedic treatment due to reduced adaptive capacity of their organism. The authors stress that rehabilitation of the elderly should, in the first place, include coping with negative attitude to their age, forming constructive positions in communication and attitude to the elderly age as culmination of life path. In taking care of these patients prophylactic family health examination is needed; correcting preventive programs directed towards reestablishment or partial compensation of functions of an aging organism are required.

orthopedic dentistry, total loss of teeth, overlaying prostheses, prophylactic health examination