Abstract

MENENDEZ VAZQUEZ, Luis. La consejería de salud bucal y su utilidad para la especialidad de Prótesis Estomatológica. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2003, vol.40, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

A survey was done among 98 denture-wearing patients from the health area attended by the Prosthesis Teaching Clinic of Marianao that had received some treatment at this service in order to know how oral health counselling may influence the denture-wearing patients. It was found that more than the third part of the patients have a fair or poor hygiene, that more than ¾ parts brush their dentures 3 times a day, and that most of the patients do not remove the denture at any time and know nothing about subprosthesis stomatitis and self-examination of the mouth . The instructions on the use and care of the dentures are mostly given by dental prosthesis specialists, in a few cases by general stomatologists and never by a dental assistant or family physician.

Keywords : ORAL HYGIENE [methods]; DENTAL PROSTHESIS.