Neglected aspects of maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics: an essay on Aleksandr Ilich Stepanov

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Abstract

Today, few are aware of the contributions made by military physician Aleksandr Ilich Stepanov to dentistry, maxillofacial surgery, and military medicine.

This essay presents biographical and professional details about A.I. Stepanov, a military physician and prosthodontist whose work had a lasting impact on the field of maxillofacial surgery and dentistry. The article is based on Russian sources in dentistry, maxillofacial surgery, and military medicine. Major A.I. Stepanov is best known as a dentist of the Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry of the Kirov Military Medical Academy. He was a highly skilled prosthodontist, proficient not only in clinical prosthodontics but also in the laboratory fabrication of dental and maxillofacial prostheses and a range of prosthetic appliances used throughout the treatment and dental rehabilitation of patients with oral cancer, as well as in the management of maxillofacial trauma. Among his key contributions was the refinement of a splint for fixation of mandibular fracture fragments originally devised by M.M. Vankevich.

Stepanov’s legacy in military health care, as well as dentistry and maxillofacial surgery is substantial and deserves recognition.

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Andrey K. Iordanishvili

Kirov Military Medical Academy; Saint-Petersburg Medico-Social Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: professoraki@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0052-3277
SPIN-code: 6752-6698

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, 6 letter Zh Akademika Lebedeva st, Saint Petersburg, 194044; Saint Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. Military doctor Alexander Ilyich Stepanov, who served for many years at the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy (photo from the album of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgical Dentistry of the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy).

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3. Fig. 2. Improved by A.I. Stepanov splint for holding fragments of the lower jaw, the design of which was previously proposed by M.M. Vankevich

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