CHARACTERISTICS OF TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES OF PATIENTS WITH SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES

Abstract

One of the most urgent problems of modern gerontostomatology is the pathology of salivary glands [4]. Still, some of the diseases of salivary glands are difficult to treat, painful for patients and worsen their life quality [2]. This also touches people of older age groups.

It is known that inflammatory and reactive-dystrophic diseases, sialolithiasis, and salivary gland tumors as well consistently occupy high proportion among the diseases of maxillofacial field, both among patients in surgical dentistry units of dental clinics, and in general structure of inpatients, who are treated in specialized units of maxillofacial surgery and dentistry [1, 3].At the same time, there is still no clarity on structure of salivary gland diseases in elderly and senile people, as well as age-related features of their occurrence at people of different age groups and methods of diagnosis and treatment that are used in dental outpatient practice.