HYGIENIC STATUS OF THE ORAL CAVITY AND PERIODONTAL TISSUES BEFORE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT IN CHILDREN WITH MALOCCLUSION AND TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION

Abstract

As a rule, signs of TMJ pathology begin to be traced in patients from the age of 14. In children and adolescents of earlier age with dentoalveolar anomalies, cases of initial signs of deviation of the joint function are rare, with the exception of systemic diseases [Bulycheva E. A., 2007; Ivasenko P. I., 2009; Silin A.V., 2007; Semenyuk V. M., 2003; Khvatova V. A., 2004].