[Results of regular dental care of mental and physical handicapped patients]. / Ergebnisse einer regelmässigen zahnärztlichen Betreuung geistig und körperlich behinderter Patienten.

The results of the regular dental care of 192 mental and physical handicapped patients were analysed in a 5-year-period. The care system in which the prevention, the therapy in narcosis and the annual control are combined is very effective on a long-term basis. The handicapped patients had a lower prevalence of caries, a higher percentage of filled teeth and less extractions compared to a group of handicapped patients without continuous dental care.

[Indications for restorative treatment with posterior composite resins]. / Zur Indikation zahnfarbener plastischer Füllungsmaterialien fur Seintenzahndefekte.

The authors discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the restorative treatment with posterior composite resins. They warn against the uncritical application of such materials and formulate directions for their use.