[Stomatology yesterday, today and tomorrow]. / Stomatologija juce, danas i sutra.

Authors have given a short historical review of the development of stomatology in our country. The authors present contemporary comprehension of preventive and curative activities in certain stomoatological disciplines (children's stomatology, orthopedics of jaws, paradontology, prosthodontics, maxillofacial surgery) in the light of scientific achievements and their application in our conditions. The future of stomatology is in the development of new scientific subdisciplines and permanent searching in the sphere of the biocompatibility of the matter, for the rehabilitation of ruined health condition of oral cavity combined with a wide application of preventive measures and health care education of each individual.

[Minor malformation score in congenital cleft of the lip and palate]. / Minor malformacioni skor kod urodenih rascepa usne, vilice i nepca.

The authors analyzed minor malformation score in 63 children (36 boys and 27 girls) with congenital cleft of the lip and palate in order to evaluate purposefulness of its application as a screening method in detecting various major malformations. The results obtained revealed extremely increased minor malformation score in our patients and confirmed that an increased minor malformation score is associated with major malformation, i.e. clefts of the lip and palate. Therefore, it could be used as a screening method for detection of major malformations.