title: Oral rehabilitation between reality and paradigm.
abstract: The oral rehabilitation represents the integrative concept which re-establishes every segment of the dental-jaw system that is affected by edentation in different clinical forms, without eluding the induced complications and the influence of general status within the chosen therapy algorithm. Despite the significant development of knowledge and techniques, it is still controversial to which degree the therapy solutions of oral rehabilitation approach the therapy's ideal, and also the way in which particular aspects of the prosthetic treatment, the general status and socioeconomic criterion influence the clinical result. The implant-prosthetic therapy represents the state of art in modern treatment of edentulous patients, starting from the simplest cases and ending up with complex situations. However the problem of choosing the best treatment option remains, the patient being confused between several possibilities and numerous limits. In the best of cases, the patient understands, accepts and can afford the adequate treatment option. In other cases, choosing the therapeutically solution can be made only under the impulse of external factors. In critical situations, the patient's fear, disbelief, the restrained economic possibilities exclude the ideal solution and compromise the long-term success of the treatment. Several complex cases that were treated accordingly to the ideal option, using complex integrated algorithms, support the idea that future economic development and improved education should surpass present obstacles, the reality becoming a paradigm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Removable Prosthesis, School of Dental Medicine, "Gr.T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi.
authors.forename: Norina Consuela
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Forna
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D016299:Dental Implantation, Subperiosteal / Q000379:methods; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000379:methods*; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life