title: [The electrical excitability of the neuroreceptor apparatus of the pulp in the intact teeth of patients with chronic alcoholism].
abstract: The aim of the study was to develop rapid methods for tentative diagnosis of chronic alcoholism. For this purpose 50 patients, male and female ones, suffering from chronic alcoholism were examined for electroexcitability of their intact teeth pulp nerve receptor system. Initial examination revealed reduced the threshold of tooth pulp electroexcitability as against the control. Drastic variations in electroexcitability values of neighbouring teeth were noted. The parameter studied was found perverted in 52 percent of the alcoholics. This characteristic improved by the patient's discharge from hospital, though in the majority of cases the regularities cited above persisted.
authors: V K
authors: VK
authors: Leont'ev
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: Karnitskiĭ
authors: N F
authors: NF
authors: Korviakovskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Elektrovozbudimost' nervno-retseptornogo apparata pul'py intaktnykh zubov u bol'nykh khronicheskim alkogolizmom.