Prosthetic care for a mentally ill patient. 2009

Y Pietrokovski, and A Zini, and J Pietrokovski
Dept. of Oral Rehabilitation, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem.

A manic-depressive 64 old female arrived to the clinic for prosthetic treatment. She was fully edentulous and wore an old poor set of complete dentures. Her general attitude was apathy, nonattached and almost indifferent to the general environment as well as to the proposed oral care. This behavior can change for the worse at any stage during treatment, especially after the delivery stage, with the possibility of a change from an indifferent to a hostile, non cooperative attitude. The intended care was explained in detail to the patient and her accompanying daughter. After their approval, we were able to perform successfully a new set of complete dentures with improved esthetics and functional capabilities. Flat bony ridges with shallow mucosal coverage precluded vertical mandibular denture extension at the lingual surface. Consequently the resulting prosthesis had reduced lateral lingual flanges with limited support and retation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008019 Life Style Typical way of life or manner of living characteristic of an individual or group. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed) Lifestyle Factors,Life Style Induced Illness,Lifestyle,Factor, Lifestyle,Life Styles,Lifestyle Factor,Lifestyles
D008334 Mandible The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth. Mylohyoid Groove,Mylohyoid Ridge,Groove, Mylohyoid,Grooves, Mylohyoid,Mandibles,Mylohyoid Grooves,Mylohyoid Ridges,Ridge, Mylohyoid,Ridges, Mylohyoid
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010347 Patient Care Planning Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient. Nursing Care Plans,Goals of Care,Plans, Nursing Care,Care Goal,Care Goals,Care Plan, Nursing,Care Planning, Patient,Care Plans, Nursing,Nursing Care Plan,Plan, Nursing Care,Planning, Patient Care
D011476 Prosthodontics A dental specialty concerned with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing TEETH and related structures by artificial devices or DENTAL PROSTHESES. Dentistry, Prosthetic,Prosthetic Dentistry
D003824 Denture, Complete A denture replacing all natural teeth and associated structures in both the maxilla and mandible. Complete Denture,Complete Dentures,Dentures, Complete
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001294 Attitude to Health Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system. Health Attitude,Attitude, Health,Attitudes, Health,Health Attitudes,Health, Attitude to

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