AIM: to evaluate the habits of hygiene of the mouth and appliance, and the changes in the diet in patients treated with INVISALIGN System, to optimize and personalize the indications during treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: a 22 question informative questionnarie has been elaborated. 25 patients between 15 and 62 years of age anonymously completed the questionnaires. The data have been entered in an Excel database file and graphically showed through histograms and pies. RESULTS: all the patients who have answered the questions carry out the daily oral hygiene by toothbrushing (¾ manual, ¼ electric toothbrush) and they replace it, not with a regular timing, but when “it’s consumed”. More than a half of the patients are prompt to the dental hygienist visits.The appliance is generally cleaned 2 times a day. The diet changes are very intersting: a tendency to reduction of the potential coloring (tea, coffee, colored drinks) or decayed (sweet, candies, sugar drinks) food and the number of snacks has been observed.The patients concentrate the food assumption during the principal meals. CONCLUSIONS: the INVISALIGN patients pay more attention at the health of the mouth and the hygiene of the appliance, with a highrespect of the visits with the dental hygienist and in attempting to optimize the relations between oral hygiene and food assumption.
SCOPO: valutare le abitudini di igiene orale e degli allineatori e le eventuali variazioni della dieta nei pazienti trattati con metodica INVISALIGN, al fine di ottimizzare e personalizzare le indicazioni in materia durante il trattamento. MATERIALI E METODI: è stato elaborato un questionario informativo originale composto da 22 domande. Il questionario è stato autocompilato in forma anonima da 25 pazienti di età compresa tra i 15 e 65 anni. I dati sono stati tabulati su un database di Excel appositamente creato e visualizzati mediante grafici tipo istogrammi e torte. RISULTATI: tutti i pazienti che hanno risposto alle domande del questionario attuano l’igiene orale mediante uso di spazzolino (¾ del campione manuale, ¼ elettrico) che sostituiscono, non secondo un timing preciso, ma quando lo ritengono “consumato”. Più della metà dei pazienti sono solleciti ai richiami dall’igienista dentale. La detersione degli allineatori viene effettuata mediamente 2 volte al giorno. Interessanti sono le variazioni delle abitudini alimentari: si osserva una tendenza alla riduzione dell’assunzione di cibi potenzialmente pigmentanti (tè, caffé, bevande colorate) o cariogeni (dolci, caramelle, bevande zuccherate) e del numero degli spuntini. I pazienti tendono a concentrare ai pasti principali l’assunzione del cibo. CONCLUSIONI: i pazienti INVISALIGN risultano particolarmente attenti e motivati alla salute della bocca e in particolare all’igiene orale e degli allineatori, con uno scrupoloso rispetto delle sedute con l’igienista dentale e con il tentativo di ottimizzare il rapporto igiene orale/assunzione di cibo.
Modifications of oral hygiene and dietary habits in the patients in treatment with invisalign system / Montera, D; Turi, E; Segu', M. - STAMPA. - (2007). (Intervento presentato al convegno XX CONGRESSO INTERNAZIONALE SIDO tenutosi a Napoli, Mostra d’Oltremare nel 24-27 ottobre 2007).
Modifications of oral hygiene and dietary habits in the patients in treatment with invisalign system
SEGU' M
2007-01-01
Abstract
AIM: to evaluate the habits of hygiene of the mouth and appliance, and the changes in the diet in patients treated with INVISALIGN System, to optimize and personalize the indications during treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: a 22 question informative questionnarie has been elaborated. 25 patients between 15 and 62 years of age anonymously completed the questionnaires. The data have been entered in an Excel database file and graphically showed through histograms and pies. RESULTS: all the patients who have answered the questions carry out the daily oral hygiene by toothbrushing (¾ manual, ¼ electric toothbrush) and they replace it, not with a regular timing, but when “it’s consumed”. More than a half of the patients are prompt to the dental hygienist visits.The appliance is generally cleaned 2 times a day. The diet changes are very intersting: a tendency to reduction of the potential coloring (tea, coffee, colored drinks) or decayed (sweet, candies, sugar drinks) food and the number of snacks has been observed.The patients concentrate the food assumption during the principal meals. CONCLUSIONS: the INVISALIGN patients pay more attention at the health of the mouth and the hygiene of the appliance, with a highrespect of the visits with the dental hygienist and in attempting to optimize the relations between oral hygiene and food assumption.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.