Michaeli Leila, Davis David M, Foxton Richard
Department of Restorative Dentistry, Kings College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.
Gerodontology. 2007 Jun;24(2):117-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2007.00133.x.
Lost dentures can be a frustrating scenario for both patients and clinicians. This study aimed to find out where dentures were being lost and the level of assistance patients received with denture care.
The results showed most dentures were lost in the hospital environment, and in many cases patients were not provided with pots in which to store their dentures or offered help or advice on denture care. The provision of new dentures to this patient group is complicated by the fact that in many cases the dentures were over ten years old and many of the patients were over eighty five years old. This makes adaptation to new dentures difficult.
It is imperative that protocols are developed and staff trained to minimise the risk of lost dentures and improve the standard of denture care.
假牙丢失对患者和临床医生来说都是令人沮丧的情况。本研究旨在找出假牙丢失的地点以及患者在假牙护理方面得到的帮助程度。
结果显示，大多数假牙在医院环境中丢失，而且在许多情况下，没有为患者提供存放假牙的容器，也没有在假牙护理方面给予帮助或建议。为这一患者群体提供新假牙很复杂，因为在许多情况下，假牙使用年限超过十年，而且许多患者年龄超过八十五岁。这使得适应新假牙变得困难。
必须制定相关规程并对工作人员进行培训，以尽量减少假牙丢失的风险并提高假牙护理水平。
