[Modern achievements of the functional diagnostics in dentistry].

The article presents the development of functional research methods in the maxillofacial region, methods of their application and the results of scientific research on the study of the neuromuscular balance of the masticatory muscles with defects and deformations in the maxillofacial region. Methods of blood circulation research (laser doppler flowmetry, ultrasound dopplerography, computer capillaroscopy) have been developed and implemented in the tissues of the maxillofacial region: periodontal, tooth pulp, in the mucous membrane of the alveolar ridge, which allowed us to study the mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and monitor the effectiveness of treatment in the maxillofacial region.