[A method for determining the centric jaw relation taking into account the muscle function of the maxillofacial area]. / Metod opredeleniia tsentral'nogo sootnosheniia cheliustei s uchetom funktsii myshts cheliustno-litsevoi oblasti.

The technique is designed to assess the height of occlusion using a new device which includes sensors to measure the strength of jaw occlusion as related to the interalveolar distance. The interalveolar distance corresponding to the first maximal load recorded in forced occlusion is assumed to represent the height of occlusion of central relationship of jaws. This technique is useful to avoid errors inherent to the anatomicophysiological technique and provides the optimal conditions for the activity of maxillofacial muscles. This increases the functional validity of dentures fabricated with the new device.

[New principle of production of obturating apparatus in gaping defects of the esophagus and pharynx]. / Novyi printsip izgotovleniia obturiruiushchikh apparatov pri ziiaiushchikh defektakh pishchevoda i glotki

The authors suggest a new principle of producing functionally active obturating devices providing for a natural feeding of patients and preventing irritation and skin maceration around the defect due to prevention of the sputum and mucus effect. The use of different prostheses in 9 patients speaks in favour of their high efficacy.

[Methodological characteristics of restorative surgery and orthodontic treatment in the correction of extensive defects of the tissues in the oral region and the anterior portion of the mandible]. / Metodicheskie osobennosti primeneniia vosstanovitel'nykh operatsii i ortopedicheskogo lecheniia pri ustranenii obshirnykh defektov tkanei prirotovoi oblasti i perednego otdela nizhnei cheliusti

In the paper, technical and tactical features while using reconstructive surgery and orthopedic therapy for liquidation of vast tissue defects in the adoral region and anterior mandibular portion are discussed. The importance of planning plastic operative procedures with optimum utilization of local tissues, especially in labioplasty, is substantiated, and some definite recommendations on using the pedicled graft tissue are given. A sequence of stages in replacement of soft tissues is described, as well as some features of elimination of the anterior mandibular defect by the iliac bone graft. It is for the first time that the importance of joint efforts of surgical and orthopedic specialists for providing a large scale complex therapy is emphasized, that may contribute to favourable anatomical, cosmetic and functional results in liquidation of vast tissue defects of the adoral region and anterior mandible.