IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION OF CARIES AND THE SPREAD OF CARIES IN CHILDREN
When conducting preventive examinations for dental morbidity in children of Shymkent, the influence of factors such as lack of knowledge and skills in cleaning the oral cavity and prevention in most of them was revealed. The purpose of conducting mass dental examinations is to obtain data describing the prevalence of the examined patients with the main dental diseases. There is no need to organize a continuous survey, as this requires significant time and money. Therefore, the method of nesting survey of the most typical massifs in terms of population structure, within which a continuous survey is carried out, was chosen. Which is sufficiently representative and provides the most accurate materials relevant to the problem under study. Results and conclusions: The main issues included in the program of dental examinations reflected the level of spread of dental caries and the intensity of the lesion, including temporary and permanent teeth, the number of persons in need of preventive examination, the preparation of special educational programs for the comprehensive prevention of dental diseases in children.