[Comparative study of dental and psychological status in athletes of Olympic teams and the population of Moscow]. / Stomatologicheskii i psikhologicheskii statusy u sportsmenov olimpiiskikh sbornykh i naseleniya Moskvy.

AIM: To compare dental and psychological status in athletes of Olympic teams and the population of Moscow. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In order to study the features of the dental rehabilitation of Olympic athletes, a comparative study of the dental and psychological status of 132 athletes was carried out when they were included in the Olympic teams and 104 residents of Moscow of the same age. Clinical x-ray examination was supplemented by «Hamburg testing¼ of the masticatory apparatus and psychological examination using common questionnaires and scales. RESULTS: The study revealed a difference in the status of dental status, the results of the "Hamburg Testing" and psychological examination between athletes of the Olympic reserve and the population of Moscow of the same age. Athletes showed a lower quality of previous treatment of caries and its complications, insufficient oral hygiene, more frequent detection of chronic periodontitis, diseases of the oral mucosa, secondary deformations of the dentition, pathological phenomena of the temporomandibular joint, masticatory apparatus dysfunction according to the results of the "Hamburg Testing". Athletes also established psychological status features: higher rates of reactive and personal anxiety, the presence of depressive manifestations, lower quality of sleep and quality of life. CONCLUSION: The revealed patterns can provoke muscle hyper-tone and muscular-articular dysfunction of the maxillofacial region, which must be taken into account during the dental rehabilitation of athletes of Olympic teams.

[Long-term results of dental health examinations of employees of industrial enterprises with hazardous working conditions]. / Otdalennye rezul'taty stomatologicheskoi dispanserizatsii rabotnikov promyshlennykh predpriyatii s opasnymi usloviyami truda.

The article analyzes the results of dental examination of employees with hazardous and normal working conditions in Atomenergomash enterprise with various dental care organization regimens and provides clear evidence of the effectiveness of serial attendances care in enterprise dental offices in terms of reduction in the dental treatment needs. Additional funding for departmental dental services was calculated by comparing the real cost of dental treatment and MHI tariffs allowing implementation of proposed dental care program.

[Problems of dental services in closed administrative units assessed by a survey of dentists].

The article presents the results of the survey of 150 dentists from 10 closed administrative units of FMBA health care system of Russia in connection with the dynamics of dental staff withdrawal and reduce of volume of preventive work in schools and factories. These problems were found to be associated with the lack of regulations on mandatory preventive dental examinations of workers with occupational hazards, low tariffs for dental services in obligatory medical insurance program, poor wages an lack of apartments for young dentists.