[Anti-HEV seroprevalence in the area of Lecce].

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of an enterically transmitted viral hepatitis associated with inadequate hygienic conditions. Hepatitis E is endemic in developing countries where it occurs both in sporadic and epidemic form. Outbreaks have been reported in different areas of the world.

[The anthropomorphic proportions of the face: an evaluation of the response to orthodontic surgical treatment of Angle class III].

The purpose of this investigation was: to examine the anthropometric facial presurgical and postsurgical indices of patients having a dento-skeletal class III malocclusion and who were treated with the orthodontic-surgical procedure. To evaluate the postsurgical response of the soft tissues, according to the type of approach: mandibular surgery or maxillo-mandibular surgery. To recognize, if it is possible, what indices are to be considered more involved in the esthetic change.

[Inclination of the temporomandibular eminence and craniomandibular disorders].

The articular eminence angle of 30 patients with TMJ dysfunctions was measured on cephalometric X-ray and compared with the joints of 30 patients without TMJ disorders. The inclination of the posterior slope of the articular eminence was 52.9 degrees with a mean difference compared to the control group of 1.

The evolution of human periodontal tissues with ageing.

In this research, the structural modifications with ageing of clinically healthy periodontal tissues were analyzed by means of polarization microscopy and morphometrical methods for light microscopy. The new findings may be summarized as follows. The periodontal ligament was found to be widened in the cervical and apical regions.