[Diagnosis of the temporomandibular joint dysfunction by graphic reconstruction of mandibular movements]. / Diagnostika disfunktsii visochno-nizhnecheliustnogo sustava na osnove graficheskoi registratsii dvizhenii nizhnei cheliusti.

A total of 974 patients with suspected abnormalities of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) were examined; diseases were detected in 371 patients. The test group consisted of 40 patients, control group of 18 patients. Analysis of the results of graphic recording of mandibular movements and clinical x-ray data in patients of the main and control groups helped develop the strategy for the diagnosis of TMJ dysfunction, based on the functional methods of examination (oral functionography and non-oral axiography).

[Clinical and laboratory studies of bacterial adhesion to validate the choice of material for making provisional dentures for patients with periodontal diseases]. / Vybor konsruktsionnogo materiala dlia izgotovleniia vremennykh zubnykh protezov litsam s bolezniami parodonta na osnovanii klinicheskikh i laboratornykh issledovanii bakterial'noi adgezii.

Adhesion of bacteria favoring the development of oral inflammations, including cariesogenic and periodontopathogenic (Actinobacillus actinomycetemcommitans, Streptococcus sanguis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Staphylococcus warneri) and yeast fungi (Candida albicans), to 13 materials used for making provisional dentures was studied. Adhesion of all the studied bacteria and fungi to Russian material Esterfil Foto was the minimum. Clinical use of this material in patients with chronic generalized periodontitis showed that it was well tolerated and the treatment led to improvement of oral microbiocenosis.

[Correlation of x-ray cephalometric parameters of the gnathic part of the skull with dental anthropometric parameters and data of functional tests in subjects with normal occlusion]. / Korreliatsiia rentgenotsefalometricheskikh parametrov gnaticheskoí chasti cherepa s antropometricheskimi pokazateliami zubnykh riadov i dannymi funktsional'nykh issledovanii u lits s fisiologicheskoi okkliuziei.

Anthropometric, functional, and long-distance x-ray examinations of 26 subjects with normal occlusion (14 women and 12 men aged 20-27 years) were carried out in order to define the topographic and anatomical criteria for repair of maxillofacial harmony in case of lost occlusive checkpoints. Basic topographic and anatomical criteria of repair of the maxillofacial system in patients with lost occlusion checkpoints (level of position and direction of occlusion surface in the facial skull) were defined on the basis of long-distance roentgenograms of the head in the lateral projection. Individually determined occlusion surface is the key to repair of morphofunctional harmony of the maxillofacial system in patients with abnormalities complicated by decreased height of the lower segment of the face. A principally new concept of orthodontic treatment of patients with lost occlusion checkpoints by diagnostic topographic and anatomical criteria is suggested and a strategy of pathogenetic orthodontic treatment of this patient population has been developed on the basis of this concept.