Abstract

CORONA CARPIO, Marcia Hortensia; REY PRADO, Blanca; ARIAS ARANO, Zulema  and  NUNEZ ANTUNEZ, Leonardo. Instructive manual of installation and control of total prostheses. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2007, vol.44, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

A literature study was conducted aimed at describing the clinical step of installation and control of total prosthesis at the Provincial Teaching Dental Clinic of Santiago de Cuba from January to May, 2005. Diverse aspects were dealt with, as well as the definition of concepts, the whole clinical procedure, instructions to the patients and advises to prosthesis wearers. Emphasis was made on the geriatric patient, and it was stressed that this step is the indicated to eliminate the evident defects, and where the patient acquires the habit to use them and the body to accept them.

Keywords : Aspects; indications; clinical step; installation and control; advises to prosthesis wearers.

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