DENTISTS’CONTRIBUTION TO VICTORY DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (WORLD WAR II)
A system of dental care organization for maxillofacial surgical patients during World War II is discussed in the article. The military field medical doctrine, organizational structure of dental care in the Army, and implementation of staged treatment are described. The contribution of outstanding national surgeons, such as D. A. Entin, F. M. Hitrova, A. A. Limberg, to the care of the wounded is described. Results of several meetings of dental subsection of Academic Medical Council are discussed, as well as the state of dental care at front lines of the Great Patriotic War. Dental care organization for maxillofacial surgical patients in the Navy is touched upon. We provide a review of decisions at the conference among workers of maxillofacial surgery hospitals of People's Commissariat of the RSFSR and other republics (October 1944). Experience of care for patients with maxillofacial injuries during a war is summarized. Data about the number of the wounded returning to action is presented. The role of the dental department of the Military Medical Academy during the war is marked.