RESEARCH CASES IN WOMEN AFTER MENOPAUSE CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN ORAL ORGANS AND THEIR ANALYSIS

Objective: to study the clinical and microbiological manifestations and mechanisms of development of dental diseases in postmenopausal women. Methods: we examined 40 postmenopausal women with various diseases of the oral cavity. The control group of patients were women who are not in the postmenopausal period with dental diseases. Results: All participants of the study underwent a comprehensive examination: hygienic and periodontal indices (OHI-S hygiene index, PI periodontal index), pH of mixed saliva was measured, sialometry was performed according to the method of M.M. Pozharitskaya, studied the microflora of the oral cavity by PCR (polymerase chain reaction). Conclusions: Thus, the greater sensitivity of the above indices is associated with the peculiarities of the pathogenesis of menopause, namely with estrogen deficiency. The content of estrogen receptors on the oral mucosa plays a direct role in the development of dental disease