Kalk W, van Rossum G M, van Waas M A
Département de prothèse totale et de prothèse maxillo-faciale de la Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen.
Rev Belge Med Dent (1984). 1992;47(3):16-27.
It can be expected that the percentage of edentulous people wil decrease in the coming decades as a result of an improved oral health, whereas the number of edentulous people will not decrease as a result of the strong increase of the ageing population. If the preservation of the natural dentition is no longer possible, the remaining teeth of a mutilated dentition have to be extracted according to some specific principles. But also the aftercare of the edentulous patient has to be extended according to some specific guidelines, within the framework of the so-called "preventive-prosthetic-treatment-strategy". Preservation of the alveolar process is the main goal in both cases.
可以预期，由于口腔健康状况的改善，在未来几十年中无牙人群的比例将会下降，然而，由于老龄人口的大幅增加，无牙人群的数量不会减少。如果无法保留天然牙列，那么根据一些特定原则，必须拔除残牙列中剩余的牙齿。而且，在所谓的“预防性修复治疗策略”框架内，还必须根据一些特定指南，扩大对无牙患者的后续护理。在这两种情况下，保留牙槽突都是主要目标。
