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Dentists, members of the French Resistance movement during the World War II
The Resistance was a reaffirmation of France's independence and individuality, as well as a struggle to regain freedom and, above all, national integrity. In fact, many historians appreciate that the French Resistance could have achieved more if it had been more effectively integrated into Allied plans and strategies. Thus, in this material we tried to present some short biographies of dentists who worked in the French Resistance against the German occupation troops, some of them even paying with their lives for the courage they showed
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS IN THE MAINTENANCE PROCESSES OF CEMENT RETAINED IMPLANT SUPPORTED FIXED RESTORATIONS
The lifespan of a fixed implant supported restoration is influenced by several factors: the medical team's
experience, the superior technical and material endowment, the experience of the dental laboratory, but also
maintaining a proper hygiene by the patient.
Purpose. In this study, we insisted on the responsibility that rehabilitated patients through implant
supported restorations should assume.
Material and method. The study was conducted between March 2016 and March 2018 on a group of 73
patients rehabilitated by fixed implant supported restorations using a questionnaire consisting of 7 questions.
Results and discussions. Maintaining a high degree of hygiene by regular or professional means of
implant-prosthetic restorations leads to prolonging their life span. For this, it is necessary on the one hand
for the medical team to make pertinent, logical, sufficient and easy to understand recommendations for all
patients and on the other hand for the patients to implement the part of the recommendation that directly
targets them.
Conclusions. The recommendations of the medical team on oral hygiene after fixed implant supported
restorations should be done in a language that is appropriate and easy to understand by patients. To the
same extent, the recommendations must be assimilated and respected by patients, as a significant component
in maintaining good hygiene in fixed implant supported restorations is the patient
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS REGARDING THE IMPLANT-PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION IN SMOKER PATIENTS – PRELIMINARY STUDY
Implant-prosthetic rehabilitation (both the surgical step of inserting dental implants and also the stage of
creating the implant-supported prosthetic restorations) in smokers patients poses particular problems not
only for the medical team but also for the patients (and here we refer in particular to the average number of
cigarettes smoked daily).
Purpose. In this paper we have attempted to present a multitude of factors both theoretical and practical,
which can intervene in the implant-prosthetic rehabilitation of heavy smoker patients.
Material and method. The study was conducted between April 2018 and November 2018 by applying
a questionnaire with 6 questions. The 31 subjects enrolled in the study were aged between 29 to 67years old,
specialists and/or primary doctors of general dentistry, dental prosthodontics or dental surgery.
Results and discussions. Centralized results have been processed to provide a clearer picture of the
current attitude towards heavy smokers for oral rehabilitation with the implant-supported restorations.
Conclusions. The insertion of dental implants and subsequent creation of implant-supported restorations
are not an interdiction for heavy smokers (up to 60 cigarettes a day) but requires the involvement of both the
medical team and especially the patients in the follow-up care period to increase long-term success of dental
implants and prosthetic restorations made thereon