RESUMO
UNLABELLED: The dental management of the elderly individual is becoming more of an issue in both general dental practice and specialist prosthodontic practice. This is because, in general, the population is living longer and often elderly patients are retaining their natural teeth into their old age. In addition, there are often related significant medical, social and oro-dental issues that require consideration. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The dental management of the elderly patient is an increasing problem. This paper seeks to consider the main relevant issues pertaining to this important subject area.
Assuntos
Assistência Odontológica para Idosos , Prótese Total , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Perda do Osso Alveolar/terapia , Doença Crônica , Periodontite Crônica/terapia , Placa Dentária/prevenção & controle , Prótese Total/efeitos adversos , Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde , Transição Epidemiológica , Humanos , Cárie Radicular/etiologia , Estomatite sob Prótese , Desgaste dos Dentes/terapia , Xerostomia/complicaçõesRESUMO
Four different shades were used to produce 20 samples of resin-based composite and 20 samples of porcelain to evaluate the performance ability of an intra oral test spectrophotometer compared to a reference spectrophotometer. The absolute colour coordinates CIELAB values measured with both spectrophotometers were significantly different (p < 0.001). However, a high correlation was found (p < 0.001) despite the low concordance noticed. The colour difference deltaE* values calculated between different shades also were significantly different between both spectrophotometers (p < 0.05). Therefore, the Easy Shade can be used in dental practice and dental research with some limitations.