ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The aim: Of the study is to research quantitative parameters of mucous membrane macrophages populations M1 (CD68+) and M2 (CD163+) over vestibularly and palatally impacted teeth. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: A group of 21 people aged from 10 to 16 years was formed to conduct the research. Clinical situation according to diagnostic criteria was identical in all the patients. The group was divided into two groups - control and experimental, which in their turn were fragmented into two subgroups. Immunohistochemical studies of mucosal biopsies were performed in accordance with the recommendations for selection. RESULTS: Results: Study of ratio of CD68+/CD163+ cells revealed imbalance in individuals with vestibularly impacted teeth due to higher infiltration density of CD163+ (p<0,05), compared to CD68+ of control group. In individuals with palatally impacted teeth, ratio of CD68+/CD163+ increased 3,6 times, as well as compared with control group, but due increased infiltration density of CD68+. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: In the epithelium of oral mucosa located over impacted teeth, both on vestibular and palatal surface, number of CD 68+ and CD163+ cells had no significant differences compared to control group. In biopsies of the lamina propria of mucosa over vestibularly impacted teeth, the ratio M1/M2=0,91±0,11 (p<0,05) decreases, with predominance of macrophages CD163+ subpopulation activity, and over palatally impacted teeth balance of M1/ M2 macrophages elevated (M1/M2= 2,10 ± 0,32, p<0,05), due to increased infiltration density of CD68+.
