[Dysplasia-dependent abnormalities of the temporomandibular joint]. / Displastikozavisimaia patologiia visochno-nizhnecheliustnogo sustava.

The purpose of this study was to reveal the relationship between temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction and dysplasia of connective tissue (DCT). This investigation included 53 (34 female and 19 male) patients with TMJ internal derangement (ID) and 53 controls; 24 patients with marked and 53 patients with mild dysfunction of this joint. The symptoms of DCT (such as scoliosis, general joint hypermorbility) and TMJ ID were revealed. Results of this study prove that DCT is one of etiological factors of TMJ ID. The relationship between type of ID and severity of DCT was revealed.

[A surgical method for treating mandibular fractures]. / Operativnyi metod lecheniia perelomov nizhnei cheliusti.

The authors analyze the results of treatment of 60 patients with mandibular fractures, in whose treatment an improved V. V. Donskoi's method was used. Types of mandibular fractures are described, as are methods of treatment. The results were encouraging. No complications were recorded in the postoperative period. The authors claim that the modified method they used is simple, physiologic, sufficiently well fixes the bone fragments, and creates good conditions for reparative osteogenesis, and can therefore be recommended for wide practice.

[A treatment method for chronic parenchymatous parotitis]. / Sposob lecheniia khronicheskogo parenkhimatoznogo parotita.

A method for therapy of chronic parenchymatous parotitis is suggested supplementing dimethyl sulfoxide. As reported, the parotid glands produce parotin, an insulin-like substance, whose production is reduced in chronic parotitis; hence, short-acting insulin administered in microdoses was chosen for therapy. To potentiate local insulin effect and increase the sensitivity of oral mucosa peripheral receptors to it a 5% calcium pantothenate solution was used. This method was used in the treatment of 42 patients with chronic parenchymatous parotitis aged 23 to 62. The method is effective, it can be easily used by the patients themselves, and there are virtually no contraindications against such therapy. The authors have applied for inventors' certificate, the priority certificate is No. 4836436/14 as of June 27, 1990.

[Body immunological reactivity in patients with chronic nontumorous diseases of the parotid salivary glands]. / Immunologicheskaia reaktivnost' organizma u bol'nykh s khronicheskimi neopukholevymi zabolevaniiami okoloushnykh sliunnykh zhelez.

Examinations of 81 patients and 30 healthy donors have revealed a variety of immunologic disturbances in different forms of chronic nontumorous conditions of the parotid glands. Lymphocyte sensitization to salivary gland antigens was observed in all the patients, but was the most marked in those with Sjogren's disease. The studies permit considering the detected shifts in the immunity system an important component of the pathogenesis of chronic nontumorous diseases of the parotid glands. These findings may be useful in the differential diagnosis, prognosis, and adequate therapy of salivary gland diseases.