Origins of the development of systems for the provision of medical care to maxillofacial wounds and the training and advanced training of military dentists

The purpose of the article is to highlight the origins of the development of systems for providing medical care to the maxillofacial wounded, training and advanced training of military dentists, which have not been discussed in modern specialized literature. The basis for the preparation of the article is the analysis of the Russian specialized literature on maxillofacial surgery and dentistry, as well as historical publications on these disciplines.

The development of systems for the provision of medical care to the maxillofacial wounded, training and advanced training of military dentists, carried out under the auspices of the Department of Dentistry of the Military Medical Academy, allowed in 1940 to adopt a unified military doctrine on the provision of medical care to the maxillofacial wounded. The leading role in this belonged to the Leningrad team of dentists and maxillofacial surgeons, headed by Professor D.A. Entin, whose employees have done a lot of work to help the maxillofacial wounded, both in combat conditions and in the rear. Thanks to scientific and applied activities of the staff of the Department of Dentistry of the Military Medical Academy, the work of maxillofacial surgeons and dentists during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 was effective and fruitful.