Influence of different types of partial dentures on dental plaque accumulation

The aim of the paper was to assess influence of different types of partial dentures on dental plaque accumulation. The study was conducted in three experimental and one control group with 30 examinees each. In the first experimental group were patients with partial acrylic dentures, in the second were patients with overdentures and in the third group were the patients with metal skeletal dentures. Dental plaque on the remaining teeth was measured by Silness-Loe modified method. Dental plaque scores were obtained at a time when dentures were given to patients and after 6 and 12 months of wearing, respectively. The plaque index of all teeth after 12 months of wearing dentures was relatively low in all three examined groups which resulted from previous education and motivation of examinees for oral hygiene maintenance. However, the highest risk of oral diseases caused by dental plaque is in patients with partial acrylic dentures, then in patients with overdentures, and best preventive effect was achieved in patients with metal skeletal dentures. Cilj rada bio je da se utvrdi uticaj razlicitih vrsta parcijalnih zubnih proteza na akumulaciju dentalnog plaka. Istrazivanje je obuhvatilo tri eksperimentalne i jednu kontrolnu grupu, sa po 30 ispitanika. U prvoj eksperimentalnoj grupi su bili nosioci parcijalnih akrilatnih proteza, u drugoj nosioci supradentalnih proteza, a u trecoj - nosioci skeletiranih proteza. Prisustvo dentalnog plaka na preostalim zubima, odredjivano je modifikovanom metodom po Silnes-Lou. Kolicina dentalnog plaka merena je prilikom predaja proteza, posle 6 i 12 meseci nosenja proteza. U celini, indeks dentalnog plaka je, posle 12 meseci nosenja proteza, bio relativno nizak u sve tri grupe ispitanika sto je reziultat prethodne obuke i motivacije ispitanika za odrzavanje oralne higijene. Najveci rizik pojave oralnih oboljenja ciji je glavni uzrocnik dentalni plak, ipak, postoji kod nosilaca parcijalnih akrilatnih proteza, zatim kod pacijenata sa supradentalnim protezama, a najmanje plaka je bilo kod skeletiranih proteza.