[The comparative characteristics of treating herpes virus diseases of the oral mucosa with antiviral preparations]. / Sravnitel'naia kharakteristika lecheniia virus-gerpeticheskikh zabolevanii slizistoi obolochki polosti rta protivovirusnymi preparatami.

The efficacy of human leukocytic interferon (ointment), 20000 IU/g, in the treatment of viral diseases of the buccal mucosa was studied in 152 patients. The results were compared with those achieved with the commercial antiviral agent 0.5% oxolin ointment. The results evidence a manifest antiviral effect of the interferon ointment, recommending it for practical dentistry.

[Neurophysiological analysis of the central mechanisms of glossalgia]. / Neirofiziologicheskii analiz tsentral'nykh mekhanizmov glossalgii.

Bioelectrical activity of the brain was studied in 20 patients with glossalgia characterized by a most severe clinical symptomatology. Neurophysiological analysis has shown a marked imbalance of the leading neuromediator cerebral systems, namely, deficiency of ascending activating reticular effects, tense functioning of syncronizing systems, and involvement into the chain of impaired relationships of the limbic-reticular complex and inhibitory systems of the brain. It has been established that general disorganization of the activity of the cerebral mechanisms is attended by impaired control of ascending afferentation. As a result, any type of chronic stimulation of the peripheral receptors is no longer blocked when entering the central nervous system and manifests in a clinically marked syndrome of glossalgia. On the basis of clinico-physiological correlations the authors draw a conclusion that the syndrome of glossalgia should be considered as one of the links in the chain of chronic emotional stress manifestations.

[Precancerous lesions of the mouth mucosa in workers exposed to ionizing radiation]. / Predrakovye zabolevaniia slizistoi obolochki rta u rabotaiushchikh s ioniziruiuzhchim izlucheniem.

Oral cavity tissues were examined in 398 persons aged 20 to 60 working with ionizing radiation sources (gamma-defectoscopists, x-ray technicians and radiologists). 222 persons worked with ionizing radiation for 1-10 yrs, 176 for 11-25 yrs. They were compared with 203 controls who had not been subjected to occupational irradiation. In all the cases radiation exposure doses did not exceed maximum permissible levels. Stomatological examination of the study group revealed a high prevalence of precancerous changes of the oral mucosa in men only. They were usually manifested in disturbance of keratinization of leukoplakia type. Tobacco smoking can play a certain role in the development of such changes of the oral mucosa in persons subjected to chronic radiation exposure. A further study of the stomatological status in persons of the above occupational group was found necessary.