EVALUATING ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF DRUG REPLACEMENT THERAPY PARTICIPANTS AND NON-PARTICIPANTS.

Introduction: Intravenous drug use has a significant impact on oral and maxillofacial health, often resulting in complications like tooth loss and osteomyelitis. This study investigates the differences in oral health between drug users enrolled in replacement therapy and those not yet participating, with the goal of assessing the impact of structured treatment programs.

Aim: to evaluate and compare the prevalence of oral and maxillofacial complications among drug users involved in replacement therapy and those newly registering for treatment.

Traumatic dental injuries among 12- and 15-year-old adolescents in Georgia: results of the pathfinder study.

Background: Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) are a widespread pathology with serious dental public health concerns.

Objectives: The aim of this pathfinder study was to collect initial epidemiological data on oral health in Republic of Georgia. As part of this study, the prevalence and severity of TDI in permanent teeth among seventh- and tenth-grade schoolchildren were evaluated.

[Assessment prevalence and risk factors of aesthetic defects dens and need veneers in a population Georgia].

definition risk - factors of aesthetic defects of dens and need veneers. The work is fulfilled on the basis of research 330 persons age from 14 till 70 years from a common population of Tbilisi. Phylum of research - case - control of Criterion of incorporation: the patients entered clinic per 2005-2009, Criterion of exception: general diseases, Diabetes, autoimmune diseases, serious forms parodontosis, called by somatopathies.

[Correlations complications after cosmetic veneer treatment with initial parameters of oral cavity].

The aim of the study was to define interrelations between complications after veneer treatment with initial parameters of an oral cavity, state of an organism, social and biological factors. 65 patients with veneers treated between 2005 and 2009 at Margvelashvili Dental Clinic (Tbilisi) were investigated. Correlation analysis on Spearmen was spent with application of the package statistical programs SPSS 11.