Salud Bucal y Manejo Dental

Abstracto

Systems for the Provision of Oral Health Care in the Black Sea Countries Part 5: The Russian Federation

Oleg O. Janushevich, Ekaterina G. Fabrikant, Aleksey S. Kazakov

This paper outlines some aspects of oral health care for the population of the Russian Federation in 2007. It details oral health care that is funded by the public health insurance system. It then describes the dental workforce in the Russian Federation, setting out the numbers of dentists and other dental workers. It highlights that there is a plan to reform both health and oral health services by 2020 and describes the plan for oral health services. A section on dental education at undergraduate, specialist, and continuing levels follows. Finally, the paper gives details of national epidemiological studies.