ABSTRACT
Representative for the whole country study on school stomatology condition was performed in 9 regions of Russia. There were received data about the functioning of school stomatological rooms in 7165 schools including 3230 rural schools in which 1 606 138 children studied from which 33% were primaries. Several problems were disclosed in school dentistry system functioning including absence of unified licensing, manpower shortage, absence of stomatological rooms in new schools, re-equipment of earlier existed stomatological rooms by school administration decision, not allotment of dental hygienist into functioning. Necessity of school dentistry functioning reorganization into the side of stomatological diseases prevention was underlined.
Subject(s)
Dental Care for Children , Schools , Stomatognathic Diseases/prevention & control , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Dental Care for Children/organization & administration , Dental Care for Children/standards , Humans , Russia , WorkforceABSTRACT
The prevalence of dental caries among preschool and school-age children in Maikop is a consistently high level. The purpose of this study was to examine the state of teeth in children aged 6, 9 and 12 years who drink fluorinated milk during three years they visit kindergartens. The results showed that the irregular production of fluoridated milk due to the economic crisis in the past three years made no possible to achieve adequate antidecay effect in preschool children. Remote prophylactic effect as a result of regular consumption of fluoridated milk registered among children aged 9 and 12 years. It show reducing the decay intensity by 30.9 and 33.2% respectively.
