Abstract

CORONA CARPIO, Marcia Hortensia; ARIAS ARANO, Zulema  and  DIAZ CORRAL, Ileana. Immediate prosthesis with acupunctural analgesia in an elderly. MEDISAN [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.8, pp. 2018-2022. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 62 years patient is described who was afraid of the conventional dental anesthetics, but she had great concern to rehabilitate her aesthetics with immediate prosthesis. It was decided to apply acupunctural anesthetic and to carry out the dental extractions so that she received the desired treatment. There were not adverse effects and the patient was satisfied with the results obtained, as well as with the advantages of this natural therapy

Keywords : elderly; aesthetics; immediate prosthesis; acupunctural analgesia; natural therapy.