Features of dental care provision for the child population in subjects of the Russian Federation in 2020 and 2021

Relevance. Dental care is one of the most common and socially significant types of medical care to the population of the Russian Federation. The types of outpatient pediatric dental care are pre-medical primary dental care for children provided by dental therapists; specialized primary pediatric dental care provided by dentists and pediatric dentists. Dental care availability is a dental care effectiveness criterium involving the population presentation, including the children's population, to the medical institutions providing dental assistance.

The study aimed to conduct an analysis of the changes in the volume and types of pediatric dental care in 84 regions of the Russian Federation in 2020 and 2021.

Material and methods. Within the framework of the activities of the National Medical Research Center of the Moscow State Medical University, named after A.I. Evdokimov of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on the profile "Dentistry", the study analyzed the reporting documentation of 84 regions of the Russian Federation on the main sections of the dental service for 2020 and 2021. The article presents an analysis of the types of dental care provided to children, the number of child population visits for dental care in the regions of the Russian Federation in 2020 and 2021 and the pattern of changes in the studied indicators.

Results. In 2021, the number of regions where a child had less than one annual visit to a dental care provider increased by 27.66%. In 2021de, compared with 2020, there was a decrease in the number of child visits to dental care facilities by 15.78%. In general, in 84 regions of the Russian Federation in 2021, there is a decrease in the volume of pre-medical primary dental care provided by dental therapists and specialized primary dental care provided by pediatric dentists and oral surgeons and an increase in the specialized primary dental care volume to the child population by dentists (general practice dentists).

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