Determination of sex dimorphisms of the thickness of the hard palate in adolescence using computed tomography: Pilot study.

Background: In addition to traditional craniometric techniques, computer craniometry has been used in recent decades, including stereometric methods, which make it possible to determine the microanatomical spatial relationships and dimensional features of various structures of the skull, in particular the thickness of the inert palate of the maxilla.

Aim: Determination of the gender-specific variability of the thickness of the bony palate at the age of 18-20 years using CT.

Material And Methods: The material of the pilot study were 40 computed tomograms of young males and females aged 18-20 years.

Experimental morphologic study of reparative processes in erosive lesions of the oral mucosa.

The goal of this preclinical study was to substantiate the effectiveness of using autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to heal erosive lesions in the oral cavity. This study employed analyses of qualitative and semiquantitative morphologic parameters, including histologic assessment of biopsy specimens. The most favorable results were observed in a group of 16 dogs receiving 2-mL injections of autologous PRP 3 times: day 1 of the experiment and after 7 and 14 days of observation; in this group, no traces of inflammatory symptoms were found at the end of the observation period (14 days).

[The prospects for the development of therapeutic and health-promoting tourism in Gorny Altai].

The present balneological survey made it possible to identify the promising areas with a high potential for the health resort, recreational and touristic activities including the foothill, low-mountain, mid-mountain valleys and hollows of Northern, Northwestern, Central and Eastern bioclimatic provinces of Mountainous Altai. Recommendations have been proposed for the development of therapeutic and health-improving tourism in the Shebalinsk, Ust'-Kansk and Ulagansk districts of the Altai Republic.

[Aerobic methylobacteria as the basis for a biosensor for dichloromethane detection].

Cells of dichloromethane (DChM) bacteria-destructors were immobilized by sorption on different types of membranes, which were fixed on the measuring surface of a pH-sensitive field transistor. The presence of DChM in the medium (0.6-8.