[Diet as a factor in the formation of health and working capacity of students].

We have studied 152 students of the Dental faculty. With most of them the caloric content of their daily ration was lower than the energy spent, their body weight was also reduced. The ration of most students had a lowered protein and fat content with prevalence of carbohydrates. On the basis of our findings recommendations were given on the correction of students' diet.

[The level of secretory immunoglobulin A in the saliva and the body resistance of medical workers in the dental field]. / Uroven' sekretornogo immunoglobulina A v sliune i rezistentnost' organizma meditsinskikh rabotnikov stomatologicheskogo profilia.

Examinations of a group of dentists revealed that work at dentistry rooms involving a close contact of personnel with numerous allergens is conducive to decreasing the level of secretory IgA in the saliva. This indicates deterioration of the immune defense system of the body, particularly grave in nurses, orthodontists, and dental technologists.