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Denture Repairs in Different Regions of Croatia in Relation to Prosthodontic Teams
Renata Poljak-Guberina
Asja Čelebić
Ognjen Živković
Marko Guberina
Antun Muljačić
Sažetak
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the incidence of denture repairs in different districts of Croatia through the
year of 2002. and to analyse the percentage of different repairs (relinings, simple repairs up to 2 elements and complicated
repairs-more than 2 elements) in relation to prosthodontic teams. Data on the number of dentures, and the number
and types of denture repairs delivered in the Croatian regions of Zagreb, Rijeka, Split and Karlovac were obtained from
the Croatian Insitute for Health Insurance for the whole of the year 2002. Information of the number of prosthodontic
teams operating in those regions was also obtained. Proportionally more denture repairs were carried out in Karlovac
(18%) than Split (5%). The smallest percantage of dentures that required relining was registered in Split and the highest
in Rijeka (2=36.7, p<0.01). The smallest percentage of simple repairs was registered in Rijeka and the highest in Split
(2=24.3, p<0.01).The smallest percentage of complicated repairs was registered in Split and the highest in Karlovac. In
each region the proportion of denture repairs and types of repairs were correlated with a number of prosthodontic teams
in that region. Karlovac had the smallest percentage of specialistic prosthodontic teams and the highest rate of denture
repairs.
Ključne riječi
removable denture repairs; prosthodontic teams; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
27595
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Datum izdavanja:
12.5.2006.
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