[Classification of epileptic diseases according to potential of fitting with dental prosthesis]. / Az epilepsziás betegségek osztályozása protetikai elláthatóságuk alapján.

Epileptic patients seem to have generally poorer dental condition in comparison with the healthy population for many reasons. It is important to endeavor to provide the same dental care to epileptic patients than to others, however certain factors in connection with their disease must be taken into consideration. Among these, the most important is to concern about the type of seizure with special emphasis on the involvement of the masticatory apparatus and the chances of oral soft tissue injuries and aspiration. In addition seizure frequency and patients' mental compliance might also play a decisive role. According to these factors epileptic patients were grouped into four categories with special regard to their dental manageability from the prosthodontic point of view. The planning of their dental prosthesis was carried out according to the Fábián-Fejérdy classification like in case of any other healthy patients.

[History of the teaching of odontotechnology at the University of Budapest]. / Az odontotechnika oktatásának története a budapesti egyetemen.

The teaching of odontotechnology at the University of Budapest has a more than 100 years history. It was started in the Academic Dental Institute led by József Arkövy. The first lecturer and practice instructor was Lajos Hattyasy. The first Institute of Odontotechnological Research was established in 1900, and was headed by the first "private docent" of the World appointed in Odontotechnology, Lajos Hattyasy. The Clinic of Stomatology in Budapest was opened in 1909 with European standard dental laboratory and practice rooms. The training program was extended to six semesters according to the act of the 1924 and 1936 Law of Education. In addition to odontotechnology the courses of dental materials and metals as well as restorative dentistry became independent preclinical subjects with a total of 670 teaching hours, making up 17% of the whole dental curriculum. That time Henrik Salamon and Dénes Máté were the chief lecturers. After World War II a new type of dental education started in 1952. The curriculum was extended to 10 semester with a great emphasis on odontotechnology. A very modern, phantom head preclinical training laboratory was opened in 1953. The total teaching time of odontotechnology was 360 hours and its theoretical principles were summarized in Hungarian second generation textbooks. That time Imre Földvári and György Huszár were the chief lecturers. From 1965 the significance of the course of odontotechnology was gradually diminishing and the teaching hours were markedly reduced. In 1967 odontotechnology as an independent subject was ceased and integrated into the prosthodontic dentistry. Its teaching time was reduced to 120 hours. In 1996 odontotechnology parallel with other preclinical subjects became independent again and earned a total of 260 teaching hours in the dental curriculum.

[Cantilever bridges--a cross-sectional study]. / A disztálisan szabadvégú rögzített fogpótlások néhány jellemzóje szúróvizsgálat alapján.

Life expectancy and functional performance of the cantilever bridges is determined by the length of the cantilever pontic(s) and by the number and localisation of the abutment teeth. No overall epidemiological survey covering this topic was found in the literature. 529 distally cantilevered bridges were evaluated by the authors. There were 310 upper and lower cases. The following parameters were recorded: length of the cantilever part (number of units), the relationship of the cantilevered pontics and the bridge, and the position of the fixed restoration in the dental arch. Previously the cantilevered bridge design was not accepted in Hungary but in spite of this fact a large number of distally cantilevered bridges were made in the country. Most of the examined cantilever bridges are properly designed: two abutments are supporting one pontic (342 cases, 65.56%). However some of the solutions are too risky: one abutment, one cantilevered pontic (110 cases, 20.45%), or two abutments, two cantilevered pontics (53 cases, 9.85%).

[Study in dental laboratories: I. Complete dentures]. / Fogtechnikai laboratóriumban végzett vizsgálatok: I. a teljes fogpótlások.

Introducing the quality control of ISO-900 into dentistry is very urgent and important task nowadays. In this article we report about: how we should be able to double check and evaluate the clinical part of the work in the dental laboratories. What kind of possibilities we have and how dependable they are, in order to control the different phases of the dental work. We also looked into the question whether dental technician get enough and dependable information from the dentists in order to make quality high standard work.