Pyotr Fedorovich Fedorov: The founder of the Russian Military Dentistry

Pyotr Fedorovich Fedorov, an outstanding Russian dentist and private associate professor of Odontology, graduated from the Gatchina Nikolaevsky Institute and, in 1976, entered the Imperial Medical and Surgical (later Military Medical) Academy (IMHA, IVMA), from which he graduated from in 1881 and worked for more than 20 yr. He was the creator of the system for training dental specialists, as well as the inspiration for the establishment of his own Department of Odontology in IVMA. After graduating from IVMA, P.F. Fedorov decided to follow his fate with the sea and serve as a naval doctor in Arkhangelsk. The Academy’s Conference decided in 1891 to establish a private doctorate in dental diseases, the head of which was appointed Pyotr Fedorovich. As the initiator of this event, P.F. Fedorov is today recognized as the creator of the Russian Military Dentistry, and 1891 marks the official birth of military dentistry as a distinct clinical discipline. P.F. Fedorov in 1892 developed a training program for teaching dental disease treatment. Lectures for IVMA students were later initiated. P.F. Fedorov worked hard to establish the Department of Dentistry of the Academy and the system for training medical specialists for the Russian Army and Navy.