Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental medicine, Medical University-Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University-Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Biomed Res Int. 2021 Nov 3;2021:2177385. doi: 10.1155/2021/2177385. eCollection 2021.
The function of the masticatory apparatus is complete when the dentition is intact with contact between the individual teeth and proper occlusion with the antagonists. For years, occlusal contacts have been studied to determine their exact location and describing various materials and methods for their registration such as paper foil, silk, and Shimstock foil. For years, occlusal contacts have been studied to determine their exact location and describe various materials and methods for their registration such as paper foil, silk, shim stock foil, the T-Scan system, and more recently the OccluSense system. The primary aim of the study was at evaluating which of the occlusal indicators is the most commonly used in practice, and the secondary aim was whether dentists are willing to use digital methods to examine occlusion.
The main primary information of the survey was collected by sending electronically anonymous questionnaires to 2014 dentists, randomly selected from all regions of the country. 228 questionnaires were filled in and returned. To achieve the goal of the study, the self-developed questionnaire was created and tested to survey the opinion about the use of occlusal indicators in dental practice. Each questionnaire contains questions about the sociodemographic and professional status of the people in the group and their opinion about the positives and negatives and the effectiveness of occlusal indicators.
The obtained results confirm the statement that the most frequently used occlusal indicator in dental practice is the articulation paper. Articulation foil and silk are used less frequently than articulation paper. Of the listed quality indicators, Shimstock foil is rarely used in practice. Of the indicated quantitative indicators, the T-Scan system is more used than the OccluSense system. In the era of rapid technology development, the opinion and desire of dentists to increasingly want to introduce in their clinical practice quantitative methods are the digital diagnosis of occlusion.
In any dental practice, if technically possible, digital methods would be used, giving more accurate and reliable data on the registered occlusal contacts.
当牙齿完整且各个牙齿之间有接触、与对颌牙有正常咬合关系时，咀嚼器官的功能才是完整的。多年来，人们一直在研究牙合接触点的位置，并描述了各种记录牙合接触点的材料和方法，例如纸箔、丝绸和 Shimstock 箔。多年来，人们一直在研究牙合接触点的位置，并描述了各种记录牙合接触点的材料和方法，例如纸箔、丝绸、Shimstock 箔、T-Scan 系统以及最近的 OccluSense 系统。本研究的主要目的是评估哪种牙合指示物在实践中最常用，次要目的是牙医是否愿意使用数字方法来检查咬合关系。
主要通过向全国各地区随机抽取的 2014 名牙医发送电子匿名问卷收集主要的初级信息。共填写并返回了 228 份问卷。为了实现研究的目标，我们自行开发了调查问卷，以调查牙医在口腔实践中使用牙合指示物的意见。每个问卷都包含有关受访者社会人口统计学和职业状况以及他们对牙合指示物的优缺点和有效性的看法的问题。
研究结果证实了在口腔实践中最常使用的牙合指示物是牙合记录纸的说法。牙合记录箔和丝绸的使用频率低于牙合记录纸。在所列出的质量指标中，Shimstock 箔在实践中很少使用。在所指出的定量指标中，T-Scan 系统的使用频率高于 OccluSense 系统。在快速发展的技术时代，牙医希望在他们的临床实践中引入更多定量方法的意见和愿望是数字化的咬合诊断。
在任何口腔实践中，如果技术上可行，都将使用数字方法，从而在记录的牙合接触点上获得更准确和可靠的数据。
