Geligi tiruan lepasan fleksibel sebagai perawatan alternatif kehilangan gigi sebagian (Studi Pustaka)
K Kehilangan gigi merupakan masalah yg sering dijumpai, yang dapat disebabkan karena karies, penyakit gusi, pertumbuhan gigi yg yang tidak sempurna dan terkena kecelakaan. Banyak pasien yg kehilangan gigi menghendaki agar gigi yg hilang tsb diganti dg geligi tiruan yg bentuk, warna, maupun bahannya menyerupai keadaan aslinya. Dengan kemajuan teknologi bahan kedokteran gigi saat ini. desain geligi tiruan lepasan tersebut dapat berupa desain geligi tiruan fleksibel. danmerupakan geligi tiruan pertama tanpa cengkram, yang dibuat dari bahan dasar nilon termoplastik yg mempunyai warna serupa dg jaringan lunak gigi dapat dikombinasikan dg geligi tiruan kerangka logam untuk mendapatkan fungsi dan estetik yang baik, selain itu bagi pasien yg alergi terhadap akrilik, dg geligi tiruan merupakan alternatif pilihan yg baik sebagai geligi tiruan sebagian lepasan.
M Missing teeth is a common problem, this can be caused by caries, periodontitis, imperfect tooth growth, and accident. Many patients who lost their teeth wish to replace them with prostheses that having the similarity in form and the color as the original teeth. The purpose of prostheses is to replace the missing teeth and to achieve properly in phonetic, mastication and also esthetic. Nowadays, with advanced technology of dentures material, protheses can be created with flexible partial denture. Flexible partial denture is the first prostheses without clasp, it made from nylon thermoplastic with similar color of the molar soft tissue is used as the basic material. Flexible partial denture can combined with denture metal framework to get well in function and esthetic. For patients alergic to acrylic, flexible partial denture is an ideal substitute for partially removable prostheses. Considering the advantages mentioned above, flexible partial denture is good to be used as partially removeable prostheses.