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Objective: Full complement and replacement of lost teeth improves oral health and quality of life. The objective of this study was to assess the level of awareness of factors that can prevent premature loss of teeth and the reason for non-replacement of missing/lost teeth among nurses in a tertiary health institution. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study, 251 nurses of the Jos University Teaching Hospital participated. Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. Analysis of data was done with IBM SPSS version 23.0. Results: The mean age of the 251 nurses was 38±9.88. 174(69.3%) were females while 77(30.7%) were males. Out of 91(36.3%) that had missing teeth, 16(17.6%) actually replaced their missing teeth with the majority of them representing 81.3% adopting removable acrylic partial denture as modality. Among the 75(82.4%) that did not replace their missing teeth, the reason for the non-replacement by the majority- 40.0% was that they didn't feel replacement was necessary. Conclusion: The awareness level on factors that can prevent premature loss of teeth was observed to be high among the participants, but many have missing teeth that needed replacement. Majority did not replace their missing teeth as a result of low level of awareness of the consequences and probably due to financial challenges and because of the non-coverage of prosthetic treatments by the National Health Insurance Scheme 'NHIS' in Nigeria
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Academic Medical Centers , Denture, Partial, Removable , Nigeria , Nurses , Oral Health , Quality of Life , Replantation , Tooth LossABSTRACT
Les Auteurs rapportent les deux premiers cas de replantation digitale réalisée au CHU de Brazzaville chez des sujets jeunes de 20 et 45 ans. Ils se proposent de montrer la nécessité de replanter certains doigts en lieu et place de la régularisation des moignons longtemps pratiquée au Congo après une amputation digitale traumatique. Lorsque cette replantation est impossible ils proposent des alternatives à celle-ci dans le but d'éviter la régularisation qui enfreint au fonctionnement harmonieux de la main
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Amputation, Traumatic , Congo , Finger Injuries/surgery , Replantation , Young AdultABSTRACT
Digital amputations are common. They are mainly due to work related accidents and they are a real case of replantation emergency which must obey to well-established rules. The development of microsurgery has increased the success rate of these interventions. In this article; we report on our experience with a retrospective study of 18 single-finger replantations performed over a period of seven years in the department of plastic and hand surgery; in Ibn Sina teaching hospital in Rabat. Despite the problems such as the delay of medical transport and lack of emergency equipment; 16 fingers have been successfully replanted with acceptable functional and aesthetic result