Age assessment of the dynamics of morphological rearrangement of bone tissue of the articular processes of the human lower jaw depending on the loss of the masticatory teeth

Abstract

Aim: To analyze morphometric changes in the structure of bone tissue of the mandibular articular processes and establish their densitometric dependence on the masticatory teeth loss in people of I-II periods of adulthood. Conclusions: Multifactorial pathomorphological compensatory processes ensure bone density, but with a change in values on the right and a decrease on the left. Morphometric values of trabecular layers, the most vulnerable areas of the neck and base of the mandibular articular processes, indicate the reconstruction of their bone tissue with limited defects; in the first period of the adulthood, they decrease with a significant predominance on the left.