How to brush an attachment?
Oral hygiene
instructions to attachment denture patients for dental hygienists
T. Masuda, Y. Sakakibara 1,M. Kishimoto1,
K. Matsushita1, M. Yamaguchi1, K. Shyoji, R. Kanbara, Y.
Nakamura and Y. Tanaka
Department
of Removable Proshodontics, School of
1Dental Hygienist
Section, School of
Abstract
Dental hygienists in the Prosthodontic Department are
in charge of the oral hygiene instructions provided to patients who complete
prosthodontic treatment. Patients with specialized attachments are frequently
encountered in a normal hygiene practice. Patients using partial dentures with
special magnetic attachments are satisfied with esthetic result of treatment
and their improved chewing ability.
The shape of these magnetic attachments varies from
the simple to the complex. While the basic shape of a magnetic attachment
keeper or MT crownsappears simple, they are actually completely different from
natural teeth. The specialized shaping of an extracoronal magnetic attachment include the complex features of a groove and interlock.
Patients
using attachment dentures often complain of difficulty in their oral hygiene
and self-cleaning of the keeper attachment.
The
present paper reports on the choice of magnetic attachment brushing materials
and brushing methods.