Rehabilitation of patients with dental prosthesis during the second phase of recovery poscovid-19

• Published in: Medisan Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1065 - 1076
• Main Authors: Niurka Odalmis La O Salas, Marcia Hortensia Corona Carpio, Ibis Piña Odio, Ana Buenaventura Duharte Escalante, Zulema Chávez González
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas 01-11-2020
• Subjects: etapa poscovid-19; prótesis dental; rehabilitación protésica
• ISSN: 1029-3019

Introduction: The rehabilitation of patients with dental prosthesis is a first order necessity and, during the second phase of recovery poscovid-19, the provision of this service constitutes a great challenge.   Objective: To characterize patients with rehabilitation of dental prosthesis according to variables of interest.  Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of 991 patients with prosthetic rehabilitation who were assisted in the Prosthesis Department of Mártires del Moncada Teaching Provincial Stomatologic Clinic in Santiago de Cuba was carried out,  from June to July, 2020, period corresponding to the second phase of recovery poscovid-19. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, types of treatment and emergencies.   Results: There was a prevalence of females (57.8 %), the 60 years and over age group (52.1 %), the follow up (58.6 %) as clinical procedure, followed by the emergencies (41.4 %).  Conclusions: During the second phase of recovery poscovid-19 the rehabilitation of patients with dental prosthesis continued, for which the established biosafety measures were fulfilled. Also, care to follow up was guaranteed and the repairs constituted the emergency in this specialty.