PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS DURING ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT OF SECONDARY ADENTIA

During partial and complete secondary adentia, the process of adaptation patient to removable dentures is particular importance. A usually adjusts dental prostheses when he/she no longer feels any pain discomfort while using a denture, psychological (getting used foreign body), phonetic, motor (development new stereotypical behavior chewing) achieved. However, according some authors, 20-26% patients cannot get at all, 37% struggle accustomed poor quality prosthesis. To ensure successful outcome treatment, prosthodontist should first find out what motivation deciding whether use prosthesis or not. According Georgian psychologist, D.N. Uznadze (1961) in his “Theory Attitude Set”, human developed based on needs situations. Therefore, people who have partially completely lost their teeth are willing restore them, which directly depends situation, that is, circumstances. Behavioral action determined by person's character state, particularly temperament. Temperament closely related system one factors creation mood. motivation, we need determine patient's emotional mood towards replacement missing teeth. The willingness influenced various factors: psychosomatic, social, age-related, etc. It believed if considered as treatment there conscious attitude it, then this appears be positive for leads good result.