Review of textbook by A.K. Iordanishvili "Age-related changes of mastication-speech apparatus"
The analysis of the textbook «Age-related changes of mastication-speech apparatus» prepared by the famous dentist and maxillofacial surgeon professor A.K. Iordanishvili is submitted. It is noticed that in our country from the moment of issue of fundamental works on this subject took place 25 years. The separate heads of the manual, which represent the modern information about age fundamental changes of organs and tissues of the masticatory apparatus of the person, features of a progression and treatment of the basic teeth diseases at persons of elderly and senile age, are consistently considered. In a cogitable form the author consistently states age changes firm and tissues of teeth, parodontis, mucosa of an oral cavity, labiums, tongue, face skin, and also describes the changes happening when aging in a bone tissue of jaws, sialadens, chewing and mimic muscles, elements of temporomandibular joint. Questions of a reparative bone formation of jaws, and also methods of its optimization in elderly and senile age are interestingly stated. It becomes perceptible that the reviewed grant is constructed quite logically, written in available and clear Russian. A large number of illustrations, schedules and schemes promotes the best perception and comprehension of a training material. This manual is the basis for the diagnosis and choice of treatment in gerontology and geriatrics, and can be used not only by students of dentistry faculties of higher education institutions, but also by doctors of the most wide range of specialties, especially dentists and maxillofacial surgeons.