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- Title
Protezele flexibile -- recenzia a 49 de articole din literatura de specialitate.
- Authors
Dumitru, Anca-Alexandra; Bisoc, Adriana; Dina, Magdalena-Natalia; Tărlungeanu, Daniela Ioana; Andrei, Oana Cella
- Abstract
The aim of this literature review was to show the level of interest towards flexible dentures and the extent they are a viable option for treating partially edentulous patients, and also to evaluate their advantages and disadvantages, both from clinicians and patients' point of view. Material and method: a search on two data bases (PubMed and ScienceDirect) was performed between 15.02.2023-14.03.2023; 49 original articles were found. Data and main themes of interest were analyzed using Microsoft Excel. Results: 8 main themes of interest were identified. Studies on bend resistance and elastic clasps were most numerous; nine were referring to patients' satisfaction; a smaller number treated problems like water sorption, repairing and color stability; the biting force and cytotoxicity were the least addressed. Studies on cytotoxicity were not older than year 2018. Conclusions: Flexible resins are superior to conventional ones in what is concerned mechanical properties. Patients' satisfaction after treatment is superior comparing to classical ones. Water sorption does not significantly influence elastic dentures, their properties being maintained in normal limits. Only certain surface treatments of the denture base are efficient for repairing and relining this type of dentures. All of them are changing their color in time. Initially, these materials do not present cytotoxicity, but their long-term ageing produces an increase in cytotoxicity in all tested ones.
- Publication
dentalTarget, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
1842-5054
- Publication type
Article