[Age-related morphofunctional characteristics of the oral mucosa].

Histological investigation of 250 fragments of grossly unaltered oral mucosa autopsied from patients aged 6 months to 87 years which had died of various diseases revealed phase relation of the evolution of oral mucosa reflecting its functional states. The morphofunctional characterization of ontogenesis of the mucosa and its derivatives yielded a close correlation of its morphofunctional features in different age groups with the type and course of its pathology.