In 28 young, healthy individuals the quantity of salivary peroxidase was determined with the aim of evaluating normal ranges for salivary peroxidase, to determine whether any differences in SP values between unstimulated and stimulated whole saliva exist and to find any possible differences between sexes. We can conclude that no statistically significant differences between salivary peroxidase values in unstimulated and stimulated whole saliva were found. No statistically significant differences were found between female and male individuals in salivary peroxidase values, either in unstimulated or stimulated whole saliva.

Recent studies suggest a connection between burning mouth syndrome (BMS) and the quantitiy and quality of saliva. The aim of our study was to determine quantities of salivary immunoglobulin A (sIgA), lysozyme and magnesium in unstimulated and stimulated saliva of patients with burning mouth syndrome and xerostomia. Salivary samples were obtained by sialometry. Salivary immunoglobulin A was determined by radial immunodiffusion according to Manzini, lysozyme levels were obtained according to Osserman and Lowlor, and magnesium was determined using atomic absorbance spectrophotometry. Levels of sIgA were decreased in stimulated whole saliva of patients with BMS and xerostomia when compared to those in unstimulated saliva (p<0.001). Lysozyme levels were also lower in stimulated whole saliva in such patients when compared to the levels in unstimulated saliva (p<0.001). Magnesium levels remain unchanged with regard to the salivary stimulation. The results of our study indicate that the quantity and quality of saliva could have an impact on symptoms of burning mouth syndrome.

U 28 studenata pokusali smo odrediti normalne vrijednosti salivarne peroksidaze, razlike između vrijednosti salivarne peroksidaze između nestimulirane i stimulirane ukupne sline kao i razlike među spolovima. Rezultati naseg ispitivanja pokazuju da ne postoje statisticki znacajne razlike u kolicini salivarne peroksidaze između nestimulirane i stimulirane ukupne sline kao ni razlike među spolovima.

In this report the quantitative relationship between the alveolar bone and cervical part of the teeth in millenary intervals of human existence is reported. In this study 115 skulls were examined of which 27 belonged to the 1st, 22 to the 10th and 66 to the 20th century. The skulls belonged to persons of both sexes older than 20 years. Each group mentioned was divided into four subgroups according to the age persons (20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50+). It measured tooth-cervical-height index (TCH-index) according to Davies and coll. The resorptive changes on the alveoli are increasing in the older age, the alveolar resorption is greater on the vestibular than interdental side, the higher values of alveolar resorption in the skulls of the 20th century are statistically significant in relation to the skulls from the 1st and 10th century.

Manifestacije HIV-infekcije u ustima mogu upozoriti stomatologa da među prvima posumnja na AIDS kod pacijenta. Dijagnosticki kriterij za oralne lezije povezane sa HIV infekcijom su: 1. Gljivicne infekcije usta, 2. Bakterijske infekcije usta, 3. Virusne infekcije usta, 4. idiopatske promjene usta i 5. Neoplazme usta. Stomatolozi pripadaju struci visokog rizika za HIV infekciju. Edukacija i preventivni rad jedine su efikasne mjere u sprecavanju AIDS-a i drugih inokulacijskih infekcija.

Obavljena su usporeda klinicka ispitivanja na 45 pacijenata obaju spolova s oralnim rekurentim ulceracijama (RAU). Praceni su slijedeci klinicki parametri: velicina aftoznih lezija, broj aftoznih lezija, intenzitet upale i ucestalost recidiva u istih osoba s RAU prije i za vrijeme Domovinskog rata u Hrvatskoj. Stres u podlozi RAU željeli smo dokazati u ratnim uvjetima. Znatne razlike dobivene su u nazocnosti brojnih aftoznih eflorenscencija prije rata i za vrijeme domovinskog rata, prosjecno 3, 09+-3, 11 i za vrijeme rata 4, 23+-3, 16, inteziteta upale koji je prije rata bio 2, 36+-0, 72, a za vrijeme rata pokazala povecanje prosjecno 5, 32+-4, 60, u odnosu prema velicini RAU prije rata koja je bila 4, 93+-4, 62. Recidivi afta kod ispitanika bili su prije rata prosjecno 59, 98+-72, 54 dana, a za vrijeme rata znatno cesci 17, 20+-14, 09 dana. Za vrijeme rata prevladavale su male aftozne ulceracije MiAU u 69% ispitanika. Velike i herpetiformne afte su se u nasih ispitanika za vrijeme rata pojavljivale rijeđe. Ratni su uvjeti kao stresna stanja utjecali na povecanu ucestalost i intenzitet pojave afta ispitivane skupine.

A 15-year-old boy had suffered burning of both palms and all fingers during his 2nd year of life. Epitheliazation of the lesions did not occur. In his 6th year, erythema, desquamation and erosion-like alterations appeared spontaneously on the soles of both feet and on the plantar sides of the toes. These alterations were similar to those on the hands. Histologically the lesion on the right sole was covered with a very thin horny layer and thin epidermis. The cells of the epidermis had clear cytoplasm and probably derived from the ductal epithelium of the sweat glands. Under the atrophic epidermis, granulation tissue consisting of lymphocytes, plasma cells, histiocytes, and a few polynuclear cells and eosinophils was seen. The following symptoms were still present in the boy: dys- and hypotrichosis, oligodontia, enamel and dentin hypoplasia, cleft palate and uvula, concomitants strabismus (left eye), and cryptorchidism. Transplantation of the patient's skin from the right thigh to the lesion on the right sole was tried. The authors postulate a previously unreported form of ecto-mesodermal dysplasia in this case.

The classification of periodontal diseases used and taught in the Department of Periodontology at The University of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia is presented and explained. The classification is the result of nearly 20 years' work. It is based on the inflammatory process and a combination of topography, morphology, pathology and aetiology of periodontal diseases.

Findings are described in four cases of Richner-Hanhart syndrome in a Yugoslavian family; this disorder is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. This family was first reported in 1963. Now tyrosinemia and tyrosinuria can be found in all cases, and neurological symptoms are also present in all cases, whereas earlier only one of them had these symptoms. In the meantime, the lesions on the soles of the feet have been totally excised in three cases, partially in one, and split thickness grafts from the normal skin have been applied. The palmar lesions were treated in the same manner in two cases. The possibilities for surgical treatment of this very painful, inherited form of dermatosis and their consequences are discussed. Surgical treatment is recommended for palmar lesions, but not for the plantar form. The pathogenesis of the dermatologic manifestations in this rare metabolic disease is briefly discussed.