[The comparative characteristics of the parameters of the temporomandibular joint and skull in children with bite anomalies].

The authors compare the mean values of 5 parameters of the temporomandibular joint and 19 skull parameters, analyzing 155 tomograms of the joint and 246 teleroentgenograms of the head of children with sagittal and vertical occlusion abnormalities during change of teeth and in permanent occlusion. This comparison has revealed a relationship between the parameters of the temporomandibular joint and the skull. The correlations were the most marked between the height of the mandibular head, height of the mandibular fossa, on the one hand, and anterosuperior and total posterior heights of the face, length of mandibular body and height of its branch, on the other hand.

[Characteristics of the structure of the palatine suture and interalveolar septum in normal children and in diastema].

The palatine suture is wider in 6-14-year-old children with diastema than in normal ones; this suture is commonly direct and rarely tortuous. This may be due to its inadequate ossification. The width of the diastema does not depend on the suture width.

[Age-related changes in the dental arches of preschoolers with sagittal bite anomalies].

A total of 160 children (3 to 6 years) with sagittal occlusion anomalies were studied. The features of age-related dentition changes characteristic for each of the anomalies were singled out. The differences in rate and localization of dentition changes were noted in prognathic and progenic occlusion.

[Factual nutrition and several indicators of health status of urban schoolchildren of the regions of Ukraine].

Altogether 2334 schoolchildren (first-, fifth- and eighth-graders) were examined for the factual nutrition, health status and physical development. The diet received by the schoolgirls of the above grades and that of the first-grade boys correlated well with the recommended physiological standards, whereas the diet of the eight-grade boys and five-grade boys in particular was slightly lower as compared to those standards. Attention is drawn to an ever increasing number of obese children, which has an adverse effect on the percentage of harmoniously developed children, reducing it to 66.