Forecasting Duration of Use of Various Types of Dentures in Patients With Hypertensive Disease

Abstract

Subject. The increase in the number of works devoted to the influence of somatic diseases on dental health is steadily growing in the specialized literature. On the other hand, the requirements of the work of orthopedic dentists are dictated by the need for a clear assessment of the possible long-term results of prosthetics of teeth and dentitions, taking into account a number of factors, one of which is the presence and severity of general somatic pathology and associated diseases.
 The goal is to analyze the effect of hypertension on the life of some types of dentures.
 Methodology. As research methods, standard clinical and paraclinical methods for examining patients were used, recommended for use in the considered nosologies of the dental spectrum. A specially designed questionnaire was used that included the issues under consideration. As a study material, data from three hundred and ten patients are presented, who for various reasons needed repeated prosthetics and were divided into groups according to several criteria. Statistical data processing was carried out in accordance with the requirements for research of this type.
 Results. A correlation was found between the terms of comfortable use of dentures and the presence of a history of hypertension in patients. The main complaints of patients when applying for repeated prosthetics are identified and the reasons are structured that lead to a decrease in the service life of removable and non-removable prostheses for the somatic pathology under consideration.
 Conclusions. The data obtained can be used by orthopedic dentists in the clinical appointment of patients with partial and complete loss of teeth at the stage of planning the expected result when dentures are prosthetized and serve as the basis for further scientific work in the indicated direction.