Medical and social study of children of early school age as a scientific grounding of prophylaxis programme for teeth and jaw abnormalities requiring orthodontic treatment
In the Nizhny Novgorod region by «Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy» Ministry for Public Health of the Russian Federation within complex studying of the state of health of the children's population from 6 to 18 years it was conducted medico-social researches of children of younger adult age for the purpose of the description of their orthodontic status and obtaining anamnestic data. During work it was established that anomalies of development of teeth could be in most cases caused by both congenital factors, and influence of the external reasons, in too time the level of preventive knowledge of parents was low, is peer and as their medical activity. Above-mentioned aspects induced to development and deployment of the Program of prophylaxis of development of the dentoalveolar anomalies demanding orthodontic treatment for the studied contingent of children, in the conditions of a children's out-patient department.