[The effect of mandibular immobilization in fracture on the function of the salivary glands]. / Vliianie immobilizatsii nizhnei cheliusti pri ee perelome na funktsional'noe sostoianie sliunnykh zhelez.

Studies of functional changes in the salivary glands of patients with mandibular fractures treated with intermandibular immobilization have shown that the major factors responsible for these changes were not only the absence of chewing, changed quality and quantity of food, but the duration of immobilization and viscero-visceral reactions of the body as well.