dental stents

simple presentation about stents in dentistry

1. stents Sara zaky mohamed Lecturer of removable prosthodontics

2. defination Removable appliance constructed to cover tissues or teeth for protection , carry medication carry radium or control bleeding

3. uses Carry medication and surgical pack Promote healing (as preventing contamination of fresh wounds) Control bleeding (hemophilic patients ) Protect tissues after skin and mucousal grafts Protect teeth (contact support) Preserve depth of mucobuccal vestibule Carry radium material

4. Material of fabrication Acrylic resin: Hear or cold cure aceyli resin are used soft materials : soft rubber or soft resins (silicon vinyl may be used) Moldeing plastic used in emergency cases

5. Types of stents Stents in plastic surgery of alveolar ridge Used in conjunction to surgery for surgical Deeping of muccobuccal vestibule and for holding mucous membrane and skin graft

6. Mouth guard for contact support Protect the teeth and jaws from injury during contact support as boxing It is made from resilient material to absorb the i mpact

7. Anti-hemorrhagic stent Formed to apply gentle pressure in bleeding area in patient with tendency to bleed

8. Radiation appliance Protect or displace vital structure Locate diseased tissue Position the beam Carry radium material

9. Cyst plug When marsupllising a cyst a blug is going to be made to fit the cyst opening and prevent sealing of the orifice

10. Oral screen A sheet of acrylic resin which is worn at night inside the lip and outside the teeth Aid to stimulate proper nasal breathing Cessation of finger and thumb sucking

11. Palatal stents Simple acrylic resin to cover palate area frequelnty used when palatal surgery such as mucosal garfting or surgical removal palatal tori

12. Night guard removable acrylic appliance intended to relieve temporomandibular joint pain and other effects of grinding the teeth (bruxism). Usually worn at night to prevent grinding during sleep.

13. radiographic stent A stent is an appliance used for radiographic evaluation during treatment planning for implant placement and during surgical procedures to locate optimal implant placement site

14. Draingae stent An acrylic plate used to allow the escape of blood or other tissues fluids from chronic periapical lesions as fistula

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