ORAL HYGIENE STATE IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL DEFECTS OF THE ALVEOLAR PROCESS ON THE MAXILLA.

Bone plasty of congenital and residual defects of the alveolar process of the upper jaw is a technically difficult surgical intervention which is necessary for full rehabilitation of a patient with congenital lip and palate clefts. This operation creates conditions for stabilization of maxilla fragments and normalization of the upper jaw development and also for successful teeth eruption. The aim of the study - to assess the state of oral hygiene before surgery in children with congenital residual defect of the alveolar process we used Fedorov-Volodkina Hygiene Index and index of the intensity of gingivitis (РМА) according to Masser-Parma.

Identification of Pathogenic Microflora and Its Sensitivity to Antibiotics in Cases of the Odontogenic Purulent Periostitis and Abscesses in the Oral Cavity.

Odontogenic infections are the most common infectious and inflammatory diseases of the maxillofacial area and problem of the causative pathogen identification is an actual task, part of a permanent process of updating and modernization of treatment and diagnostic protocols and standards. In presented study a purulent exudate from 13 patients with acute purulent odontogenic intraoral lesions was studied by bacteriological method with detection of sensitivity to antibacterial agents. Bacteriological studies showed that genus Streptococcus predominated in 69.