[Evaluation of periodontal health of Congolese in consultation in dental services of Kinshasa City].

Context: Periodontal diseases are multifactorial infectious pathologies. They affect tissues of support of the tooth and so end in dental losses. No sector of society is spared.

[Influence of the removable partial denture acrylic resin on oral health and quality of life].

Objective: This study aims to evaluate dental decay incidence and DMF index, plaque index and gingival index, and to assess the satisfaction/dissatisfaction in acrylic removal partial denture wearers (ARPD) and in partial edentate no wearers. It aims to improve the therapeutic management in prosthetic oral rehabilitation in DR Congo.

Material And Methods: This prospective cohort interventional randomized study on 376 patients enrolled and divided into two groups (with and without denture prosthesis) was performed in University Clinics of Kinshasa, Kinshasa Medical Center and Clinic Glory during the period August 2008 to August 2010.

[Early bucco-naso-sinus communication and shutter prosthetic treatment: About a clinical case].

The authors describe the early neglected oral communication of maxillary sinus and nasal cavity, causing reflux of liquid and sometimes solids through the nose, followed by immediate intrabuccal flow or posterior pharyngeal with fetidness. The objective of this work was to improve the therapy of immediate or delayed oral communication of maxillary sinus with nasal cavity and eventually and the quality of life.

[Impact of the edentulousness on the quality of life related to the oral health of the Congolese].

Background: No studies on the perception of tooth loss effects in their daily lives of edentulous were performed in Congolese Bantu.

Objectives: To assess the severity of the impact of edentulism on the quality of life of partially edentulous Congolese and analyze the influence of age, sex, missing teeth, the location of gaps and pairs of posterior dental occlusion in this impact.

Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the University Clinics of Kinshasa (CUK) and the Centre Boyambi Army Hi Kinshasa/Gombe.

[Ectodermal Capdepont syndrome and oral prosthetic rehabilitation. About a clinical case].

The authors describe the ectodermal Capdepont syndrome as an anomaly characterized by anhidrosis, hypotrichosis and anodontia diagnosed in a 22 year-old adult. In front of this anodontia, oral prosthetic rehabilitation remains the only solution.