METHOD FOR DETERMINING ADAPTATIONS TO DENTAL PROSTHESES Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61B6/14 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention is referred to the area of medicine, in particular to the orthopedic dentistry and can be used for determination of the level of adaptation to the different types of dental prostheses in orthopedic treatment of patients with partially or fully absent teeth. Using the Protocol of dynamic evaluation of patient adaptation to dental prosthesis with three points scale the adaptation level of patient is determined using five main groups-categories: “chewing discomfort”, “tactile discomfort”, “signs of trauma of mucosa of prosthesis bed”, “character of salivation” and “communicative discomfort”. The adaptation to orthopedic constructions is defined using dysaptation coefficient calculated using the formula: CDA=100 x У/n, where У - sum of points after the test, n - total number of statements, equating 15, CDA - dysaptation coefficient. Persons who got more than 130 points have positively verified signs of dysaptation. Subjects who got less than 60 points shall be viewed as a population with optimal flow of adaptive process. The adaptation shall be considered complete if CDA ≤10. These tests are repeated after certain time intervals during adaptation period and are subject to comparative evaluation.

EFFECT: increased validity of evaluation of adjustment of a patient to a dental prosthesis, as well provided objective criteria of adaptation value due to the use of the Protocol of dynamic evaluation of patient adaptation to dental prosthesis.

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