[The evaluation of actual status of stomatological health of adult population in districts with lower level of stomatological care]

The epidemiological stomatological examination is the basis of assessing stomatological status of population and its needs for dental care. The first national epidemiological survey in the Russian Federation was carried out in 1996-1998. The second survey was conducted nine years later and covered 47 subjects of the Russian Federation. At that, the Kirov Oblast was not included in both national epidemiological surveys. The purpose of the study was to assess the state of stomatological health of residents of certain districts of Kirov Oblast. The assessment was based on epidemiological stomatological examination of adult population. It was established that the retired, agricultural workers and residents of rural settlements require increased epidemiological attention. The adult population from the mentioned groups in the Kirov Oblast is provided with ineffective stomatological care. The strategy of organization of stomatological care in the Kirov Oblast is be targeted to development of complex medical social programs of timely detection and treatment of caries, increasing of attention of medical specialists to prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases in population of problematic groups.