Prosthetic rehabilitation, failures and their causes

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prosthetic rehabilitation, prosthesis, failures, causes

Abstract

Introduction: The identification of factors that contribute to the failure of prosthetic rehabilitations is crucial to improve the clinical results and quality of life of patients.
Objective: To describe the causes of prosthetic rehabilitation failures in patients treated in the Prosthetics Service at Arnaldo Milián Castro Hospital from January 2019 to March 2020.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample (547) selected by criteria. Document analysis of the medical records was used and the variables were worked on: the result of the rehabilitation (success/failure), sex, age group, type of prosthesis and causes of failure.
Results: Of the total units of analysis (918), there were 825 (89.87%) successes and 93 (10.13%) failures. From these latter, 17 were due to functional clinical errors, 9were due to aesthetic and 74 were due to laboratory errors. By sex, there were 2 women with failure for every man; By age, older adults prevailed. The aesthetic errors causes related to the teeth and the plane in partial and total upper prostheses were common. In the functional ones, non-compliance with biomechanical principles and defective centric relation in lower total prosthesis were important. In the laboratory, packaging errors, fractures and lack of packaging material prevailed.
Conclusions: The frequency of errors in patients with prosthetic rehabilitation indicates the need for continuous evaluation in order to achieve patient satisfaction.

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Author Biographies

Yulemy Portal García, "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Clinical and Surgical Teaching Hospital. Santa Clara, Villa Clara. Cuba.

1st Degree Specialist in EGI and Prosthetics

Anabel Zurbano Cobas, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences. Cuba

1st grade EGI specialist. Assistant Professor

María Gabriela Pérez Cuevas, "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Clinical and Surgical Teaching Hospital. Santa Clara, Villa Clara. Cuba.

1st Degree Specialist in EGI and Prosthetics. Assistant Professor

Lorena Camacho Guerrero, Celia Sanchez Manduley Dental Clinic, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

1st Degree Specialist in EGI

Lisbet Pineda Bombino, Celia Sanchez Manduley Dental Clinic, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Specialist II Degree in Periodontology. Assistant Professor

Dairon Aguilar Valdez, "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Clinical and Surgical Teaching Hospital. Santa Clara, Villa Clara. Cuba.

1st Degree Specialist in EGI

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Published

2025-02-01

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Portal García Y, Zurbano Cobas A, Pérez Cuevas MG, Camacho Guerrero L, Pineda Bombino L, Aguilar Valdez D. Prosthetic rehabilitation, failures and their causes. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2025 Feb. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];19(1):e2063. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/e2063

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Vol. 19 (2025): PUBLICACIÓN CONTINUA

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Original Articles

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