ABSTRACT
Dental examinations (according to WHO methods) were carried out in 447 youths aged 18-19 years, residents of Northern Russia, in Archangelsk before army service, and 500 students of Northern Medical University. Dental health of young people was characterized by high incidence and prevalence of caries (9.4.31%, CDL = 5.94), periodontal diseases, maxillodental abnormalities (72.18%), high percentage of lost teeth (8.75) in the CDL structure, poor oral hygiene (OHI-S index 3.68), and high level of need in all types of dental care, this demonstrating poor organization of health improving measures for young people before military service. Poor dental health in young people aged 18-19 years is one of the causes making them unfit for army service or fit with limitations (47 subjects for categories C, D in 1996-1998, 100-198 subjects annually for category B).
