This program is designed for students of higher medical educational institutions. The high frequency of damage to organs and tissues of the oral cavity is largely due to the peculiarities of their structure and functions, constant contact with the external environment, the presence of microflora, a variety of types of load, etc.

Dentistry as a science, and the provision of dental care is a young branch of medicine, although there have been millennia of attempts to help a patient with or without damaged teeth.

Knowledge of the clinic, diagnostics, differential diagnosis of dental diseases is important in the education of a general medical practitioner. The issues of clinical dentistry for the prevention of dental diseases are important in the daily practice of doctors of various specialties, and require knowledge in anatomy and physiology - normal and pathological, pharmacology, microbiology, allergology, general therapy and surgery.

The study of the basics of dentistry and maxillofacial surgery takes place in the eighth semester of the "General Medicine" specialty. This is due to the fact that an understanding of the basic problems, peculiarities of the dental specialty, issues of the mutual intersection of two specialties is best done after mastering the knowledge in the main specialty. By the time of studying the basics of ambulatory dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, a student must have knowledge of all the basic subjects of the medical faculty, such as anatomy, physiology, histology, microbiology, medical chemistry, pharmacology, propaedeutic therapy, surgery, anesthesiology and resuscitation. The program makes it possible to study the most important aspects of the clinic, modern methods of diagnostics, treatment and prevention of dental diseases.

In practical classes, special attention should be paid to the development of examination skills, knowing how to determine clinical diagnosis and administer relevant treatment. When studying the course of “Dentistry”, the basic teaching methods should be used: students working in practical classes and lectures, working with visual aids, examining patients with various symptoms and syndromes, defending clinical histories, in-depth study of individual sections of the course on reference manuals and monographs.

In accordance with the curriculum for students of the General Medicine Faculty, a dentistry course shall be taught in the amount of 18 classroom hours of lectures, 18 classroom hours of practical training sessions and 36 hours of students' independent work (SIW).

Total labor input: 2 credits (72 hours)
Classroom sessions: 36 hours
Students’ independent work: 36 hours
Semester: 8
Final control: pass