SCIENTIFIC SUBSTANTIATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF PREVENTION OF DENTAL DISEASES AMONG THE ADULT POPULATION

Abstract

Dental care is the most widespread type of medical care, however, the system of prevention and prenosological diagnosis of diseases of the oral cavity is imperfect and insufficiently effective. The aim – to analyze the main indicators of dental care to the population, the system of financial support for the dental industry in Ukraine and substantiate a model for the prevention of dental diseases, taking into account current conditions and WHO initiatives. Methods of research: systems approach and system analysis, bibliosemantic, content analysis, modeling. Results of the research. In recent decades, the country has revealed a significant deterioration in the dental status of the population due to the unsatisfactory state of preventive activities, change in financing of the dental industry. In the context of modern financing of the dental industry, solving the problem of preserving and improving the dental health of the population is in the plane of development of the sector of prevention services dental diseases at all levels of medical care, organization of joint medical practice and interdisciplinary approach. Conclusions. The priority direction for improving the provision of dental care to the population in modern conditions is to reorient the patient's motivation from treatment to prevention and providing the population with such preventive services. Improvement of existing forms of preservation of dental health on the basis of interdisciplinary cooperation of doctors from different practices is an actual direction of scientific research in the public health system and in the system of continuous professional development of doctors.