Dental medical service in Russia is planned and controlled by the Ministry for Public Health of Russian Federation. Dental care is provided at the following types of clinics:
► federal dental polyclinic (out-patient department);
► municipal or district polyclinic;
► dental clinics and departments incorporated in multidisciplinary medical center;
► private dental practice;
► clinics of training and research institutes.
Although private dental practices became widespread over last decades and continues to grow, the main source of dental care for the greater part of population in Russia is dental polyclinic.
ORGANIZATION OF DENTAL POLYCLINIC
The main objectives of dental polyclinic as municipal establishments of health care are as follows:
1. Prevention of dental disease in the population.
2. Providing high-qualified dental care in all dental specialties.
3. Providing statistics, calculation and reports about the incidence of dental disease among the population.
4. Investigation and implementation of new methods of prevention, diagnosing and treatment of dental diseases.
5. Improving the skills and knowledge of the entire medical staff.
6. Providing consultations to the population, issue of medical assessments and other documents.
Depending on their size dental polyclinics could include the following departments:
► Restorative Dentistry.
► Dental Surgery.
► Prosthetic Department with Dental Laboratory.
► Physiotherapy.
► Radiographic Department or single room.
Besides, a dental polyclinic could incorporate the following departments: anesthesiology department (or single room), periodontolody, department of mucosa diseases, implantology, prevention and oral hygiene, clinical laboratory and centralized sterilization.