[An incidence rate study of different types of partial dentures made in Szeged in the year 2001]

The prosthetic rehabilitation in cases of partial edentia is influenced by several objective and subjective factors. The goal of this study was to examine the correlations and differences among patients' sex, age, the type and material of the denture, type of anchorage and the color of the artificial teeth regarding the prepared dentures. The data relating to the prostheses and analyzed in this study were collected from the work-sheets of the technical laboratories and upon these statistical analyses were made according to the above given points of view. Researchers found that 65% of the dentures were made for women and the age-group of 50-70-year-old patients were most in need for prosthetic rehabilitation. Altogether the rate of fix prostheses was lower than the rate of removable partial dentures, which were prepared with metal framework and clasps. The authors concluded that resin-veneered bridges were overtaken by the metal-ceramic bridges and also the removable partial dentures with metal framework overshadowed the resin baseplate prostheses.