[Cellular content of mixed saliva sediment in patients with chronic mucosal inflammation]. / Kletochnyi sostav osadka smeshannoi sliuny u patsientov s khronicheskimi vospalitel'nymi protsessami na slizistykh obolochkakh.

A comparative analysis was made of the saliva sediment cell composition in healthy patients and patients with chronic mucosal inflammation. Migration of leucocytes to the oral cavity was registered in patients with chronic inflammatory processes. A reliable increase in the number of epithelial cells with high degree of destruction was determined in saliva in addition to the appearance of cubic epithelial cells. These results indicate certain violation of epithelial reparation. It is proposed to use a quantitative analysis of saliva sediment for estimating functional conditions of mucosa.