PROVISION OF DENTAL CARE TO THE POPULATION OF UKRAINE: 15-YEAR DYNAMICS AND CURRENT PROBLEMS
Providing the population of Ukraine with qualified dental care is an important component of the general health of the nation. Dental services not only contribute to the prevention and treatment of oral diseases, but also have a great impact on the general health, quality of life and social activity...
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| Language: | English |
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Poltava State Medical University
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Український стоматологічний альманах |
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| Online Access: | https://dental-almanac.org/index.php/journal/article/view/718 |
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| Summary: | Providing the population of Ukraine with qualified dental care is an important component of the general health of the nation. Dental services not only contribute to the prevention and treatment of oral diseases, but also have a great impact on the general health, quality of life and social activity of citizens. In modern conditions, when access to medical services is becoming one of the main problems, it is important to assess the level of provision of the population with dental care, analyzing existing problems and ways to solve them.
Purpose of the study. To study the dynamics of the provision of the population with dental care in the public and private sectors over the past 15 years against the background of changes in the oral health of the population of Ukraine, reform of the healthcare system and military status.
Materials and methods of research. The study used official statistical data from reports and directories of the Center for Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for 2008–2023. The research methods used were bibliographical, epidemiological, medical-statistical, analytical.
Research results. The number of independent dental clinics of budgetary and municipal ownership (selffinancing) decreased by 60%, the number of private dental clinics in 2023 was three times more than state ones. The number of medical and preventive institutions that have dental departments (offices) decreased by 78.1%. The provision of dental beds decreased by 28%, children's beds by 18.9%. The provision of dentists decreased by 48.6% (only for 2022-2023 by 37.9%). In 2020, the number of graduates of dental faculties decreased by 8.6%, including among those who studied at the expense of the state budget by 4.2 times. The graduation of specialists from medical colleges in the specialty "Dentistry" decreased by 2.5 times. The incidence rate of oral pathology in the population is the basis for determining the level of population need for dental care. The proportion of complicated caries to all teeth treated for caries increased in both adults and children. The prevalence of malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity over 15 years increased by 47.5% (from 19.8 to 29.2 cases per 100 thousand people).
Conclusions. The number of dental institutions, the staff of both public and private dentistry is suffering from a significant reduction in doctors and beds, which can be partially explained by the decrease in the need for dental care of the population of Ukraine due to a reduction in its number by 20% over the past 15 years. But under any circumstances, minimal accessibility of dental care for the population should be maintained. Therefore, it is important to constantly analyze changes in the population's access to dental care and the reasons for these changes (emigration of specialists abroad, the level of population need for dental care, the volume of state medical guarantees, the solvency of the population, military status).
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| ISSN: | 2409-0255 2410-1427 |