ON THE DESIRABILITY OF SOCIALLY SIGNIFICANT TARGET PROGRAMS OF PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY FOR THE ELDERLY AND SENILE AGE
This article presents the results of the analysis of scientific-theoretical substantiation of expediency and timeliness in raising the question about development of Program of preventive dental care to the population of the elderly. The main research method was content analysis, which is implemented through the analysis of the scientific content of documents and the frequency analysis of semantic units of text. It is the indicator of the frequency with which these text units, relevant relevant, but not solved up to the present time the problems of the preventive care allowed subsequently to determine the priority directions of the program. It was found that the new Program should be comprehensive and include specific directions for the development of content of practical activities of the Programme, its staffing, the development of the database of didactic material, creation of system of monitoring of the Programme implementation and monitoring its results.