prosthetics
The prosthetic is the science or the profession that deals with the development and production of prostheses , so artificial replacement for lost members , concerned or body parts, such as an arm or leg. It thus represents the medical application of mechanics , but also electronics and other specialist areas. Prosthetics must be differentiated from orthotics , which do not replace body parts but correct, support or relieve stress .
The prosthetics is divided into sub-areas such as B. Sports prosthetics, which are specially designed for disabled athletes, artificial limbs. Occasionally, glasses , contact lenses, artificial lenses or corresponding chips are referred to as accommodation prostheses .
Dental prosthetics
The Dental Prosthetics v already for the second millennium. Demonstrable. The oldest prostheses found come from mummies from Egypt and Phenicia. Early dentures were mostly made of ivory, wood, or bone; they served to improve aesthetics and speech function - the chewing function could hardly be improved with them. Porcelain teeth have existed since the end of the 18th century , and with the use of rubber in the 19th century it was possible for the first time to manufacture affordable, well-adapted prostheses that improve chewing function. Modern dentures are made of plastic and ceramic.
Dental prosthetics is a medical specialty that focuses on oral rehabilitation for missing teeth and extensive loss of jaw and facial parts (overlapping with epithetics ). It includes all related biological, functional, psychosocial, material and technological aspects. Prosthetics includes long-term care in close interdisciplinary cooperation with other medical and dental departments. In addition to maintaining oral structures and improving quality of life, the benefit for the entire organism must also be taken into account.
Occupational fields
Prostheses are manufactured by orthopedic technicians or dental technicians according to medical specifications.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Renk: Prosthetics, dental. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1186 f.
- ↑ Medieval prosthesis - dentures from the hippopotamus
- ↑ Fields of application and delimitation
- ↑ Third teeth from antiquity