The Impact of Prosthetic Treatment on Patients with Disabilities – Literature Review
Session
Dental Sciences
Description
The primary purpose of prosthodontics treatment is to improve oral health, function, and aesthetic appeal for individuals and groups using various dental prostheses. According to the 2011 World Report on Impairment by the World Health Organization (WHO), Due to aging populations, social disability will become an issue of increasing concern in the coming years. Even simple tasks, such as cleaning one's teeth, might be troublesome in prosthodontic therapies for people with special needs. In general, individuals with disabilities have poor health, less education, fewer economic possibilities, and higher levels of poverty than those without impairments. Concerns exist with oral health and overall dental care access for the same reasons.
Historically, patients with mental, social, and physical disabilities were excluded from prosthodontics since various specific and general problems that they show allegedly prevented the application of implants as an element of dental treatment. (7) However, these patients need oral fixed rehabilitation since neurologic impairment, neuromuscular conditions, genetic abnormalities, and oro-craniofacial malformations are associated with a higher incidence of dental agenesis and the inability to maintain sufficient oral hygiene.
In the prosthodontic literature, studies have revealed changes in quality-of-life scores for socially impaired patients treated with single crowns, fixed dental prostheses, and removable dental prostheses, both with and without implants. Oral health is an essential component of overall wellness. To improve the oral health of people with disabilities, whether those limitations be social or intellectual, all dental specialties must be involved. It may be of future interest to investigate how the forms of prosthodontic therapies influence the oral microbial status in the context of oral health and disease in this special needs cohort.
Keywords:
prosthetic treatment, social disability, physical disability, mental disability, quality of life
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.232
Recommended Citation
Sokoli, Dugagjin; Berisha, Vlora; Komoni, Teuta; Gjikolli, Arta; Kiseri, Burim; and Demhaja, Genc, "The Impact of Prosthetic Treatment on Patients with Disabilities – Literature Review" (2022). UBT International Conference. 237.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/237
The Impact of Prosthetic Treatment on Patients with Disabilities – Literature Review
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
The primary purpose of prosthodontics treatment is to improve oral health, function, and aesthetic appeal for individuals and groups using various dental prostheses. According to the 2011 World Report on Impairment by the World Health Organization (WHO), Due to aging populations, social disability will become an issue of increasing concern in the coming years. Even simple tasks, such as cleaning one's teeth, might be troublesome in prosthodontic therapies for people with special needs. In general, individuals with disabilities have poor health, less education, fewer economic possibilities, and higher levels of poverty than those without impairments. Concerns exist with oral health and overall dental care access for the same reasons.
Historically, patients with mental, social, and physical disabilities were excluded from prosthodontics since various specific and general problems that they show allegedly prevented the application of implants as an element of dental treatment. (7) However, these patients need oral fixed rehabilitation since neurologic impairment, neuromuscular conditions, genetic abnormalities, and oro-craniofacial malformations are associated with a higher incidence of dental agenesis and the inability to maintain sufficient oral hygiene.
In the prosthodontic literature, studies have revealed changes in quality-of-life scores for socially impaired patients treated with single crowns, fixed dental prostheses, and removable dental prostheses, both with and without implants. Oral health is an essential component of overall wellness. To improve the oral health of people with disabilities, whether those limitations be social or intellectual, all dental specialties must be involved. It may be of future interest to investigate how the forms of prosthodontic therapies influence the oral microbial status in the context of oral health and disease in this special needs cohort.