CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF ORAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH ORTHOPEDIC RESTORATIONS MADE OF VARIOUS CONSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Today’s dentistry offers a significant amount of overdentures used to treat partial and total absence of teeth, generally at elderly people. Complex examination of patients using poll, questioning, clinical examination, immunological research of oral liquid, radiological research has been conducted. The use of removable laminar dentures made of different materials is an effective and available method of treatment. Clinical and immunological characteristic of an oral cavity condition at patients with removable dentures made of various materials is presented in this article. The paper analyzes some risk factors for development of secondary edentia and studies subjective and objective indicators of an oral cavity. It also presents data on a condition of humoral factors - IgA, s-IgA, IgE - in oral cavities of patients with orthopedic restorations made of various constructional materials. The results of evaluation of objective and subjective indices allowed to determine the most frequent disorders - change of mucous membrane colour (53.3%), burning mouth syndrome (38.3%), dry mouth (33.3%). The received results give grounds to improve the algorithm of diagnostics and treatment of this category of patients.