Development of medical communication support system "health life passport".

Today, the number of foreign residents in Japan is increasingdue to globalization. However, Japan is behind other advanced countries in accepting oversea patients. Japan has to improve medical institutions' readiness to accept foreign patients, and nurture medical interpreters.

[Effect of differences in guide plane configuration on abutment tooth displacement during clasp insertion].

Purpose: Three types of guide plane were compared to clarify the effect of guide plane setting conditions on abutment displacement which arises when an Akers clasp is inserted.

Methods: An experimental model with an artificial periodontal membrane made of hydrophilic vinyl polysiloxane impression material was created. Abutments given a guide plane with only a clasp body (G1), a guide plane whose span extended as far as the reciprocal clasp arm shoulder region diametrically opposite the retention area (G2), and a guide plane for the entire reciprocal clasp arm region (G3) were created, and an Akers clasp was made for each abutment.