METHOD OF ESTIMATING QUALITY OF ORAL CAVITY CARE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-DETACHABLE ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61B10/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to field of medicine, namely to therapeutic dentistry, orthodontics and prevention of dental diseases, and is intended for estimation of quality of oral cavity care in patients during treatment with non-detachable orthodontic appliances. Lingual, vestibular, occlusive, distal and medial surfaces of teeth are examined with determination of presence of dental deposit on them. In the process of vestibular surface examination its vestibular-medial, vestibular-central and vestibular-distal parts are successively examined. Surfaces of teeth of entire dentition are examined. Hygienic index is determined as ratio of the sum of the number of examined dental surfaces and their parts without presence of dental deposit to the total number of examined dental surfaces and their parts. If hygienic index is from 0 to 0.3, quality of oral cavity care in patients with non-detachable orthodontic appliances is estimated as unsatisfactory, from 0.4 to 0.6 as satisfactory, and from 0.7 and higher as good.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to increase accuracy of estimating quality of oral cavity care in patients with non-detachable orthodontic appliances due to examination of all teeth, includes into dentition, for presence of dental deposit on 7 zones of each tooth.

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