FUNCTIONAL DISORDERSOF THE SALIVARY GLANDS IN PATIENTS WITH COMPRESSION AND DISLOCATION DYSFUNCTION OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT AND THEIR CORRECTION.

Objective: The aim: Is to assess the functional state of parotid glands and general secretion in patients with compression, dislocation dysfunction of TMJ, to correct the revealed disorders.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: We examined 46 patients with dysfunction of TMJ. Examination included TMJ zonography and salivary glands sonography.

Hypermobility of the articular heads of the temporomandibular joint: pathology or variant of the norm?

Introduction: Among the large contingent of patients with TMJ dysfunctions, there are persons with hypermobility of the joint heads of the lower jaw. Moreover, at present, the question of the frequency of occurrence of hypermobility of articular heads of the TMJ is not reflected. The aim of the work is to find out the frequency of occurrence of hypermobility of articular head among a healthy population and to evaluate the clinical, radiological, and electromyographic characteristics of the muscular-articular complex in these individuals.

[Electromyographic characteristics of temporal and masticatory muscles in patients with compression-dislocation dysfunction of temporomandibular joints of different severity].

Objective: Introduction: The main causes of dysfunctional conditions of the temporomandibular joints (TMJ), are occlusal, neurogenic, orthodontic disorders. The muscular component of TMJ is determines the dynamic anatomical and functional state of the mandible Therefore, in the diagnosis of dysfunctions and understanding of their pathogenesis belongs to the electromyographic method of investigation. The aim of the work was a comparative assessment of the bioelectrical activity of the actual chewing and temporal muscles in patients with musculo-articular compressiondislocation dysfunction of the TMJ of various severity.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHYSICAL FACTORS IN THE TREATMENT OF COMPRESSION-DISLOCATION DYSFUNCTION OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT.

The aim of the study was clinical and functional assessment of the effectiveness of physical factors in the treatment of patients with compression-dislocation dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. We observed two groups of patients. All patients were undergone the repositioning of the joint heads of the lower jaw.

Investigating activity of masticatory muscles in patients with hypermobile temporomandibular joints by using EMG.

Background: Temporomandibular joint hypermobility (TMJH) can manifest higher range of motions in mandible. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the activity of masticatory muscle of TMJs in healthy individuals and patients with mild, moderate and severe TMJH.

Material And Methods: In this clinical study, 69 patients (between the ages of 22 to 42) with manifestation of TMJH were included.

Condylar distances in hypermobile temporomandibular joints of patients with excessive mouth openings by using computed tomography.

Objectives: hypermobility in Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can manifest higher range of motions in mandible. The aim of this study was to compare the position and distances of the head of condyle to glenoid fossa in TMJs of healthy individuals and patients with mild, moderate and severe TMJ hypermobility.

Material And Methods: In this clinical study, 69 patients (between the ages of 22 to 42) with manifestation of joint hypermobility were included and Computed tomography were administered for both TMJs.

[The physicochemical properties of the mixed saliva and parotid secretion of patients with chronic parenchymatous parotitis and of persons who have a history of earlier acute parotitis].

Eighty-five patients with chronic parenchymatous parotitis and 73 convalescents after epidemic or acute nonepidemic parotitis were examined for their secretory function and some physicochemical characteristics of mixed saliva and parotid secretion (secretion rate, pH, viscosity, transparency, electrokinetic properties). A significant reduction of salivary secretion volume and rate were detected, as were pH shift to the acid direction and increased viscosity of both saliva and parotid secretion, reduced transparency and increased electric conductivity in the patients with chronic parenchymatous parotitis, more marked in those with an active course of the disease. Such changes were absent in convalescents after epidemic or acute nonepidemic parotitis.

[A treatment-prevention combination in the therapy of chronic parenchymatous parotitis in children].

A combined treatment-and-prevention complex includes infusion of ol. semeni fructus Rosae into the diseased gland via its duct, peroral administration of retinol acetate and gland electrophoresis with 1% ascorbic acid solution. Up to 10 years follow-up of 118 children confirmed high efficiency of the procedure in 84,75% of the cases.

[Microbiological research on the secretion of the normal parotid glands and in acute and chronic non-mumps parotitis in children].

The qualitative and quantitative compositions of the microbial flora of the parotid gland were investigated in 42 children with nonepidemic parotiditis. The pathogenic properties of the microbial flora were the most pronounced in acute purulent and purulent necrotic parotiditis as compared to those in aggravation and remission of chronic parotiditis. In children with acute or chronic recurring parotiditis during its aggravation there was observed a significant increase in the number of the coccal organisms in the mixture of saliva and secretion of the parotid gland.