[Economic value in the therapy of edentulous masticatory system]

In the present paper it is tried to analyze the economic value of prosthetical treatment of edentulous jaws which has to be performed from the physiological and gnathological viewpoints. After defining the therapeutical objective and after standardizing case histories, and medical examinations as well as therapy, well-known individual methodological measures are described which are indispensable for achieving the therapeutical aim. Analysis of therapy, definition of therapeutical objective and standardization of case histories, medical examination, therapy, and methodological individual measures can be used for--rationalizing working procedures in the dental office, --evaluating new methods, --evaluating full dentures, --further elaborating ill-defined methodological steps, --investigating ill-defined therapeutical measures.