[The assessment of the stomatological status of children living in radionuclide-contaminated areas]. / Otsenka stomatologicheskogo statusa detei, prozhivaiushchikh na zagriaznennykh radionuklidami territoriiakh.

Dental status of 1051 children aged 3 to 13 living at Byelorussian territories polluted by radionuclides (Gomel and Mogilev districts) was examined in 1993-1994. Examinations revealed high incidence of caries, poor oral hygiene, high incidence of various pathological shifts in the buccal mucosa and red lips. The temperature and nonspecific resistance of the mucosa were reduced. Changes of the buccal mucosa were more expressed in younger children.

[A preliminary analysis of oral morbidity in the children of Byelarus after the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station]. / Predvaritel'nyi analiz stomatologicheskoi zabolevaemosti detei Belorussii posle avarii na Chernobyl'skoi AES.

Presents the data of analysis of medical files of therapeutic institutions, of questionnaires distributed among dentists, and the results of examinations of 883 children aged 3 to 6, living in 19 towns of Byelorussia. The incidence and clinical picture of a number of dental diseases were found changed in the children living in the regions contaminated with radionuclides, as well as the general well-being of these children.