Materials on the history of the formation of dentistry and maxillofacial surgery in Russia

Abstract

There was no information about an independent medical discipline in Russia until the middle of the XVIII century, namely, odontology (dentistry and stomatology).

The study aims to provide basic information about the formation of dentistry in Russia (1715–1805).

The special literature on the history of medicine, dentistry, and maxillofacial surgery was used to realize the aim of this study.

Information is presented on the activities of the first Admiralty (1715) and first Land (1716) hospitals opened in Saint Petersburg, based on which the first hospital schools in Russia were established in 1733 for the training of military doctors, which played a crucial role in the development of dentistry in Russia, as well as several well-known medical scientists whose works were devoted to the issues of dentistry and surgery of the face and jaws.

Hospital schools opened in Saint Petersburg that have been actively operating for 65 yr to train medical personnel, mainly for the Russian Army and Navy, created in Russia the theoretical and practical foundations of dentistry by the end of the XVIII to the beginning of the XIX century, based on which dentistry and maxillofacial surgery received further scientific development.

Keywords

chewing / dental care in the army and navy / dental pathology / dentistry / hospital school / jaw surgery / military dentistry

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