CONDITION AND WAYS TO IMPROVE DENTAL CARE TO TROOPS INVOLVED IN COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATION IN THE EAST OF UKRAINE

• Main Authors: A.M. Lihota (Author), V.V. Kovalenko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2409-0255; 2410-1427
• Keywords: dental care, gunshot wound, Maxillofacial area, mobile dental office, soldiers, medical rehabilitation.; Dentistry; RK1-715
• Source: Український стоматологічний альманах, Iss 2, Pp 78-81 (2016)

In the work of the State dental care has been studied members of the armed forces of Ukraine in the context of the anti-terrorist operation in the East of Ukraine. With the outbreak of hostilities in the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts medical composition of the dental service of the armed forces has been actively involved in assisting the wounded and sick at all levels of medical evacuation. The dental service of the armed forces of Ukraine with three main tasks: • provision of coppertsinskoj wounded in maxillofacial area defined for each level; • dentistarea wounded and sick; • medical rehabilitation of combatants in Eastern Ukraine. Defined trend to increase the proportion of maxillofacial injuries in the total structure of sanitary rubbed (b) obtained in the course of the anti-terrorist operation. Covered principles of medical assistance craniofacial wounded at different levels of delivery. A new system of medical-evakuacionnyh activities in providing medical care to soldiers with wounds in the maxillo-facial region, obtained during the fighting in the East of Ukraine. Found that dental care in combat zone turns on a high dental morbidity among military personnel. Salaried dentists medical mouth dental care teams have only sporadically and in volume of emergency assistance. Basic load with providing dental care in the anti-terrorist operation is entrusted to the dentists military mobile hospitals. Entered in the fighting in the East of Ukraine mobile dental office allowed to significantly improve the level of dental care. In helping members of the armed forces of Ukraine and other power structures involved in the fighting in the East of Ukraine participating dentists and civil institutions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. During the next wave of partial mobilization dental service of the armed forces of Ukraine was faced with the problem of very high dental disease among mobilized contingent. According to our data, from 78% to 95% of soldiers who joined the army in the year 2015, in need of dental treatment and dental prosthesis. Most of the soldiers returning from the area of conducting hostilities in the East of Ukraine, in need of medical rehabilitation, including modern dental treatment and dental prosthetics. Thus, medical care to soldiers in the anti-terrorist operation is on a high dental disease. To provide dental care to troops directly on the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions rozvernuta network dental offices NN requires integration (e) nationwide activities to improve quality dental care in the complex medical rehabilitation of combatants.