[Psychological effect of corrective surgery in female patients with structural and functional abnormalities of the jaws]. / Die psychologische Bedeutung korrektiver chirurgischer Eingriffe bei Patientinnen mit Form- und Funktionsanomalien des Kiefers.

20 young women (16 to 31 years of age) who underwent orthognatic surgery between 1979 and 1984 were subjected to an evaluation of their dental, orthognatic and psychological catamneses. The psychological results concerning operation motivation, preoperative stress and information, early postoperative condition and subjective assessment of the operative result are reported and discussed. Proposals are made to improve pre- and postoperative treatment of these patients.

[Comparative light and scanning electron microscopic studies of the human gingiva by means of the filter imprint method]. / Vergleichende licht- und rasterelektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen der menschlichen Gingiva mit der Filter-Imprint-Methode.

The structure of the mucosal surface can be reproduced almost unchanged by the filter imprint method. Scan electronmicroscopic investigations of the tissue surface and the surface cells removed by the imprint technique demonstrate that only the uppermost cell layer is removed and that these cells retain their layer distribution, form and fine surface structure. It is therefore possible to describe the cells in the print morphologically by light microscopy and to characterize them functionally by differential staining.

[Simulation studies on depot iontophoresis]. / Simulationsversuche zur Depot-Ionophorese.

The rapidity with which OH-ions as well as long-acting Cu-compounds are transported from a depot of copper calcium hydroxide through all canals of the apical delta to all openings of the delta even when mechanically inaccessible is demonstrated by means of model experiments in extracted teeth.

[Therapy and treatment results in functional disorders of the masticatory apparatus]. / Therapie und Behandlungsergebnisse bei funktionellen Störungen des Kauorgans

Thirty-three patients with the tentative diagnosis of a myofacial pain syndrome were treated symptomatically and causally after standardized diagnostic exmaination. Eleven months after the termination of therapy, twelve patients were without symptoms, seventeen showed improvements and the clinical picture of four patients had not changed at all. When supporting the therapeutic success by prosthetic measures the choice of the articulator system (Dentatus, Condylator) was irrelevant.