[Structural changes in the collagen fibers of the connective tissue in chronic inflammation in the periodontium].

Data of examinations of the periodontium during chronic inflammations are analyzed. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that the connective-tissue cicatrix forming in the course of reparative regeneration of the periodontium is immature and incapable of performing mechanical functions. The authors suggest that the above regeneration abnormalities lead to a relapsing occlusion injury of the periodontium and progress of the inflammatory sclerotic process. Perspective trends of the patho- and morphogenetic research of chronic periodontitis are outlined, as are the probable theoretical approaches to development of methods for correction of such abnormalities.