title: [Standard of domiciliary care and hygienic habits of patients with prostheses].
abstract: By means of an enquiry on the standard of domiciliary dental care and hygienic habits of patients with prostheses the authors examined a total of 102 patients. They were divided into groups with natural teeth, removable dentures and fixed dentures which were their main interest. Patients with fixed dentures clean their teeth twice a day, only 18% clean their teeth for more than 2 minutes. The majority of patients prefer hard tooth-brushes. Other means than tooth paste are used by few: 36% of the patients reported massage, 7% irrigation, nobody uses a dental thread. Before prosthetic treatment 14% of the patients were examined by a periodontologist, 13% of the patients are invited to attend regular check-ups of prosthetic appliances. The hygienic standard is thus still inadequate. It is important to improve the motivation of patients for oral hygiene and intensify preventive periodontological and prosthetic cooperation.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dapeci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Novotný
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fassmann
mesh_terms: D003604:Czechoslovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Uroven domáci péce a hygienické návyky pacientů s protetickými náhradami.