The purpose of work consisted in studying speed of a salivation and prevalence of stomatologic pathology in patients who are in a condition of mental tension (a chronic stress, a post-stressful depression).
Materials and methods of research. There are 27 persons have taken part in researches at the age from 27 to 45 years which are often being in stressful situations — household, industrial, climatic, including 14 persons with the diagnosis depression (from 6 months till 3 years). It was studied speed of salivation in the morning under identical conditions: not less than 2 hours after food, water, care of an oral cavity and the drug intake, capable to affect on salivation. The norm of salivation is 0.5–1.0 ml/min.
After saliva gathering examined the oral cavity, mucous membrane and periodontic condition.
Results of researches and their discution. All persons examined had oligosialia (average — 3rd degree), prevalence of caries 100%, periodontical diseases — 100%; of diseases of a mucous membrane of an oral cavity — 92.3% (chronic stress) and 100% — (depression) including glossadenia.
The conclusion. All forms of long mental pressure which the stress and depression concern, are risk of development and aggravation of stomatologic pathology, thus decrease in functional activity of salivary glands depends on most important pathogenic factors.