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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="obituary" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Dentistry</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Dentistry</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Российский стоматологический журнал</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1728-2802</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2413-2934</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">583435</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/dent583435</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">VYICAC</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>History of Medicine</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>История медицины</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Personal</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Sofiya Davydovna Eiger: she was a pioneer…</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>София Давыдовна Эйгер: она была среди первых…</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-3277</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6752-6698</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Iordanishvili</surname><given-names>Andrey K.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Иорданишвили</surname><given-names>Андрей Константинович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук, профессор</p></bio><email>professoraki@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Военно-медицинская академия имени С.М. Кирова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Saint-Petersburg Medico-Social Institute</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский медико-социальный институт</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2025-11-05" publication-format="electronic"><day>05</day><month>11</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-12-23" publication-format="electronic"><day>23</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>6</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>491</fpage><lpage>494</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-09-18"><day>18</day><month>09</month><year>2023</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-10-31"><day>31</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" start_date="2028-12-23"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://eco-vector.com/for_authors.php#07</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://rjdentistry.com/1728-2802/article/view/583435">https://rjdentistry.com/1728-2802/article/view/583435</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>the names of many figures who devoted their lives to the development of Russian dentistry remain virtually unknown to contemporary scholars and practicing dentists. Sofiya Davydovna Eiger stands among the prominent scientists of the 20th century who laid the foundation of Russian dentistry. Her contribution to establishing dentistry as an independent scientific discipline and clinical specialty is difficult to overstate. Working in close collaboration with D.A. Entin and M.K. Geikin, she was among the first in world medicine to conduct scientific investigations into the biochemistry of saliva and its relation to dental caries. Her presentations at the Third All-Union Odontological Congress in 1928 earned recognition from both Russian and international dental professionals. Eiger also made a substantial contribution to the development of basic dental education. She authored the textbook A Brief Course in Propaedeutic Dentistry, published in 1941. Her long-standing work as a scientist, clinician, and educator had a profound influence on the advancement of Russian dentistry, and her name deserves to be preserved in the memory of future generations.</p> <p>This article is based on data presented in Russian specialized sources on dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, as well as on the memoirs of a prominent figure in military dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, V.V. Fialkovsky, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor, Medical Service Colonel, who personally knew Sofiya Eiger.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>К сожалению, имена многих деятелей, посвятивших свою жизнь развитию отечественной стоматологии, практически неизвестны современным учёным и врачам-стоматологам. К числу выдающихся учёных прошлого столетия, стоявших у истоков российской стоматологии, принадлежит София Давыдовна Эйгер. Её вклад в формирование и последующее развитие стоматологии как самостоятельной научной области и клинической специализации трудно переоценить. Работая в тесном сотрудничестве с Д.А. Энтиным и М.К. Гейкиным, она одна из первых в мировой медицине выполняла научные исследования по биохимии слюны в связи с кариесом зубов. Научные доклады С.Д. Эйгер, прозвучавшие на III Всесоюзном одонтологическом съезде в 1928 году, получили признание отечественных и зарубежных стоматологов. Большой вклад София Давыдовна внесла и в становление пропедевтической стоматологии. Она стала автором учебника «Краткий курс стоматологической пропедевтики», вышедшего в 1941 году. Многолетняя работа Софии Давыдовны в качестве учёного, клинициста и педагога оказала огромное влияние на развитие отечественной стоматологии, и её имя заслуживает того, чтобы быть увековеченным в памяти будущих поколений.</p> <p>В основу данной статьи легли сведения, изложенные в отечественной специальной литературе по стоматологии и челюстно-лицевой хирургии, а также воспоминания патриарха военной стоматологии и челюстно-лицевой хирургии — кандидата медицинских наук, доцента, полковника медицинской службы В.В. Фиалковского, лично знавшего С.Д. Эйгер.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>S.D. Eiger</kwd><kwd>dental practice</kwd><kwd>Leningrad Dental Institute</kwd><kwd>Military Medical Academy</kwd><kwd>dentistry</kwd><kwd>propaedeutic dentistry</kwd><kwd>pooled saliva</kwd><kwd>salivary biochemistry</kwd><kwd>dental caries</kwd><kwd>salivary electrical conductivity</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>С.Д. Эйгер</kwd><kwd>зубоврачевание</kwd><kwd>Ленинградский стоматологический институт</kwd><kwd>Военно-медицинская академия</kwd><kwd>стоматология</kwd><kwd>пропедевтическая стоматология</kwd><kwd>смешанная слюна</kwd><kwd>биохимия слюны</kwd><kwd>кариес зуба</kwd><kwd>электропроводность слюны</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Iordanishvili AK. History of dentistry (test tasks). Saint Petersburg: Chelovek; 2021. (In Russ.) EDN: WTDXGE</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Prokhvatilov GI, Iordanishvili AK. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry: a brief historical sketch. 75 years old. Saint Petersburg: Nordmedizdat; 2004. (In Russ.)</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Iordanishvili AK, Polens AA. Military dentists in the service of the Fatherland. Military History Magazine. 2002;(6):67–71. 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