The stomatognathic system is responsible for complex vital functions such as chewing, deglutition, respiration and phonation. Food breakdown is one of the masticatory functions, which enables reducing the attrition against the oral soft tissues and increasing the surface contact of food particles with digestive secretions, thus leading to satisfactory and rapid physiological processes. The methods of evaluation the masticatory efficiency are restricted to electromyography, sieving and clinical observation. However, the validity of these methods has been questioned due to the complexity of the procedures, variances in the material used and inaccuracy of methodologies. This study presents a new method in which a capsule of a synthetic material using fuchsine-containing granules was devised. Such capsules were submitted to several laboratory tests in order to determine their resistance and absorbency. Ten calibrated individuals were instructed to chew the capsules. Masticatory efficiency was determined by analyzing fuchsine concentration in a solution obtained from chewed granules measuring the absorbance at 546 nm. The method was found to be fast, simple, reproducible, inexpensive and efficient and can be used as a complementary evaluation of the masticatory efficiency in different situations.
Resumo. Os exames radiográficos são rotineiramente encaminhados às operadoras de planos de saúde odontológicos para comprovação de alguns procedimentos. Cabe à auditoria técnica-analítica avaliar a conformidade ou não destes procedimentos através de radiografias de boa qualidade, sob pena de glosa do procedimento que dela depender. Este breve artigo tem a finalidade de relatar as falhas mais comuns que ocorrem nas radiografias apresentadas à operadora de plano de saúde odontológica e descrever se é aceitável ou não pela auditoria radiológica. Para tanto, foram analisadas 110 radiografias periapicais onde foram observados os seguintes aspectos: alongamento, encurtamento, alta densidade, baixa densidade, ranhura, halo ou meia lua. A baixa qualidade radiográfica dos tratamentos, causa alta incidência de retrabalhos, trazendo danos ao profissional assistente, à operadora e ao beneficiário, uma vez que, causam desperdícios de recursos financeiros os quais poderiam ser revertidos para todos.
Abstract. The treatments offered by dentists in a dental cooperative in the period of January 2013 which had glossed procedures were analyzed. The objective was to verify the dental specialties that have higher and lower rate glossed procedures in the audit of a dental cooperative. It was verified that in Dentistry procedures found the most glosses index with 29%, followed by Prevention procedures, with 27%, and Periodontics, 21%. In contrast, Surgery, Prosthodontics and Endodontics had lower glosses index, with 3%, 2% and 2% respectively. The specialties of Dentistry, Periodontics and Prevention had a
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