[The characteristics of the design and use of metal-ceramic dentures in pathological abrasion of the hard dental tissues].

A total of 416 patients aged 40 to 60 suffering from abnormal teeth abrasion were fitted with cermet dentures. Orthodontic treatment was preceded by therapeutic and surgical preparation of the teeth and periodontium and by functional and adaptation rearrangement of the maxillodental system, if indicated. Remote results were assessed after 2 to 12 years.

[Clinical picture and orthodontic treatment in a shortened interalveolar distance].

A total of 868 patients aged 25 to 68 with various types of occlusion and dentition defects were examined. 212 (24.4%) patients presented with a shortened interalveolar distance (height of occlusion).

[The pathogenesis of and treatment principles in functional overload of the periodontium].

A total of 4864 patients (2810 women and 2054 men) aged 16 to 64 with maxillofacial abnormalities and 3686 patients (2283 women and 1403 men) aged 18 to 64 with dentition defects were examined. 2624 patients aged 19 to 62 were admitted for orthodontic treatment. Experiments on 96 dogs were carried out.

[The orthodontic treatment of traumatic occlusion in sagittal bite anomalies].

A total of 288 patients (100 females and 188 males) aged 25 to 60 with prognathic and progenic occlusion were examined and treated. Dentition deformations were revealed in 182 (63.1%) patients.

[Functional disorders of the masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint in pathological tooth abrasion].

Altogether 568 patients, 308 women and 260 men aged 30 to 64 with abnormal teeth abrasion were examined by clinical, anthropometric, X-ray (spot and panoramic radiography of the teeth and jaws, tomography of the temporomandibular joint), electromyography, and rheoparodontography. Pathological teeth abrasion was associated with various morphological and functional disturbances in the maxillodental system. Two types of abrasion were distinguished: with and without masticatory function disorders.

[The preparation of the maxillodental system before using using metal-ceramic dentures].

Orthodontic treatment using cermet dentures was carried out in 496 patients aged 26 to 60. Therapeutic surgical and orthodontic treatment of the maxillodental system was carried out before denture fixation. Late results in periods from 1 to 5 years were followed up in 396 patients.

[Orthodontic treatment in the distal displacement of the mandible].

A total of 598 patients with various occlusions and dentition defects were examined; 112 (18.7%) of these presented with distal dislocation of the mandible. Shortening of interalveolar distance was found to play an important role in the pathogenesis of this dislocation.

[The periodontium in experimental bruxism].

Time course of morphologic changes in periodontal tissue was studied in 42 miniature pigs with experimental bruxism. An inflammation has developed in the marginal periodontium. At first the inflammatory infiltrate was situated under the epithelial fixation to the tooth involving destruction of the epithelial fixation and formation of pockets, inflammatory infiltrate, and granulation tissue, these destructive changes involving the lower sections of the periodontium.

[The efficacy of the orthodontic treatment of pathological dental abrasion complicated by temporomandibular joint dysfunction].

A total of 426 patients, 215 female and 211 male ones, aged 40 to 65, were treated for abnormal abrasion of the teeth; 52 of these developed temporomandibular joint dysfunction. Orthodontic and physiotherapeutic methods were added to the complex of therapeutic measures for this patient population. Orthodontic treatment was aimed at normalization of the occlusion height (interalveolar space) and mandibular status and was carried out with a plastic cup attached to the denture for a period of up to 6 months.

[Psychological aspects of the orthodontic treatment of middle-aged and elderly patients].

The authors emphasize the knowledge of the psychologic characteristics of an old man to make good contacts with him. They give recommendations on the physician's behavioral patterns with elderly patients at all stages of orthodontic treatment and point out the relationship between the personality features of the physician and his ability to psychologically influence the patients.

[Allergy to gold--a cause of denture intolerance].

Two cases of allergic responses to "dentistry gold" are reported. The condition was confirmed in epicutaneous tests with 2 different gold--containing substances. Removal of the dentures was the cure for these patients.

[Aspects under discussion in the design and use of metal-ceramic dentures].

A ten-years' experience with metalloceramic dentures is analyzed. Orthopedic treatment was performed in patients with different forms of dentomaxillary pathology. Possible sources of construction and fixation errors and complications are exposed, and their prevention described.

[Dental prosthesis using implants made of corundum ceramics].

A complex of implanted dentures was manufactured with a corundum ceramic compound "Kador" made in the USSR. The technique of implantation is described. The authors used a double-staged technique of implantation immediately after the frontal teeth loss or in the late periods in unilateral or bilateral unrestricted end defects of dentition.