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Thermography, an imagistic method in investigation of the oral mucosa status in complete denture wearers

E. PREOTEASA1, L. IOSIF1,* , O. AMZA2, C. T. PREOTEASA3, C. DUMITRASCU4

Affiliation

  1. Removable Prosthodontics, Complete Denture Department, Dental Medicine University, UMF “Carol Davila”, Bucharest
  2. Endodontics Department, Dental Medicine University, UMF “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
  3. Oro-Dental Diagnosis, Ergonomy, Methodology of Scientific Research, Dental Medicine University, UMF “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
  4. Materials Technology and Welding Department, Technological Systems Engineering and Management Faculty, UP Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

In order to evaluate thermography in exploring the oral mucosa of denture wearers and dentate subjects, a pilot study was conducted where two mobile denture situations and a dentate one were analyzed using infrared thermography. Numerical values corresponding to the thermograms showed an increased temperature underneath prostheses with different distribution in oral mucosa, corresponding to the clinical picture. Thermography can be a non-invasive procedure to assess the oral mucosal status in denture wearers, which can provide important information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases..

Keywords

Thermography, Oral mucosa, Denture stomatitis.

Submitted at: Oct. 1, 2010
Accepted at: Nov. 19, 2010

Citation

E. PREOTEASA, L. IOSIF, O. AMZA, C. T. PREOTEASA, C. DUMITRASCU, Thermography, an imagistic method in investigation of the oral mucosa status in complete denture wearers, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 12, Iss. 11, pp. 2333-2340 (2010)