2022 Volume 14 Issue 3 Pages 259-263
Purpose: In the 2016 dental fee revision, prosthetic crown shade selection tests, denture chewing function tests, and tongue pressure tests were included in Japanese health insurance. Therefore, the kinds of functional tests performed in the latest specialist case report papers were investigated.
Method: Thirty-nine specialist case report papers published in Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2021) to Vol. 13, No. 4 (October 2021) of the Journal of the Japan Prosthodontic Society and their status of description of prosthetic-related functional tests were investigated.
Results: As for masticatory function tests, 14 (36%) performed one of the three types of subjective evaluation (foods that can be ingested), and 10 (26%) used gummy jelly for objective evaluation. The occlusal pressure (force) test used prescale in 6 (15%) and bite eye in 2 (5%). As for other tests, there were only a few tests related to pronunciation and swallowing. One of the three types of satisfaction evaluation was performed in 10 (26%). The most common was OHIP-J as a QOL evaluation, with 25 (64%).
Conclusion: It was found that some prosthodontic-related functional tests were performed. The QOL evaluation was performed in 64%, but the subjective masticatory function evaluation (36%), the objective masticatory function evaluation (26%), and the occlusal pressure test (20%) were rarely performed.
