DESCRIPTION OF COMBINED LESIONS OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT AND PAROTID SALIVARY GLANDS ACCORDING ENDOSCOPY
The results of sialoendoscopic examination in the patients with different internal disturbances of temporomandibular joint. The analysis of frequency of chronic internal inflammatory and degenerative diseases of parotid salivary gland in the patients with temporomandibular joint dysfunction was carried out. The results shown that there is a correlation between the development pathologic process of parotid salivary gland and the changes of internal structures of temporomandibular joint.