[Chewing gum influence upon blood supply of mastication muscles].

A total of 27 volunteers 16-26 years of age participated in the study of the influence of chewing gum use in different regimens upon velocity parameters of blood supply of mastication muscles at dopplerography (MM-D-K dopplerograph made in Russia). It was established that regular and continuous (30 min) chewing the gum and also of big volume (in two) but short-term chewing (5 min) equalizes blood supply of mastication muscles on both working and non-working sides.