Importancia estética de la prótesis inmediata / Cosmetic importance of the immediate prosthesis

Se presentan los casos clínicos de 3 adultos con dientes extraídos, atendidos en la consulta de prótesis dental del Policlínico Docente 30 de Noviembre" de Santiago de Cuba, a quienes se les colocó prótesis inmediata como única solución ante el deterioro bucal que presentaban. Con el proceder realizado se logró la recuperación estética de los pacientes, así como la reinserción en las actividades sociales y laborales, evitando así las afectaciones psíquicas que suelen aparecer

The case reports of 3 adults with extracted teeth are presented. They were assisted in the dental prosthesis service of 30 de Noviembre Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba to whom immediate prothesis were placed as the only solution due to the oral deterioration that presented. With this procedure the cosmetics of the patients was recovered and their reintegration to the social and labor activities was achieved, with which the psychic disorders that usually appear were avoided

Satisfaction with complete immediate dentures and complete immediate overdentures. A 1 year survey.

The aim of this study was to evaluate denture satisfaction over a 1 year period after extraction of the last teeth. Seventy-four patients who required immediate denture therapy in the mandible were randomly treated, (1) with complete immediate dentures (22); (2) with immediate overdentures on two lower canines without attachments (26); or (3) with immediate overdentures on two lower canines provided with Dyna direct magnetic attachments, inserted on the abutments 9 months after treatment (26). Denture satisfaction was estimated by means of questionnaires, filled out by each patient at certain periods, starting before treatment and ending 1 year after denture insertion. After 1 year approximately 85% of the patients in the three groups were satisfied with their dentures, had got used to them and could eat well. This phenomenon was constant over the whole first year period. No differences in denture satisfaction were found between the three groups. It can be concluded that although patients who receive immediate complete dentures might experience a lot of discomfort during the first year of edentulousness, they are satisfied, in general, with their dentures independent of the treatment procedure.