Open AccessDENTAL DISEASES PREVENTION AND TREATMENT AMONG FOREIGN STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE WORLD
Author(s) -
Irina Makeeva,
Ф. Ю. Даурова,
N.V. Pyatigorskaya
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskoj akademii medicinskih nauk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.122
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2414-3545
pISSN - 0869-6047
DOI - 10.15690/vramn.v68i3.601
Subject(s) - friendship , latin americans , medicine , oral health , family medicine , dentistry , political science , psychology , social psychology , law
420 foreign first year students of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia from different regions of the world were examined for oral health status. The main dental indexes were analyzed and recommendations for dental diseases prevention and treatment were given for each region group. For students from Africa the leading direction is caries prevention. Students from Middle East and Latin America need in caries treatment and endodontic treatment. The main problem of students from Asia is periodontal diseases.