Dental morbidity of military personnel in the military garrison of the Republic of South Ossetia - State of Alania

The purpose of the study was to assess the dental health of conscripts and contract service members in a military garrison on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia - State of Alania. The authors studied the state of organs and tissues of the oral cavity in 1017 service members aged 18-59. Non - carious lesions of the teeth were found in 66.6% of persons, caries - in 100%. The need for dental treatment is 93.9%. Carious and filled teeth dominated the structure of the KPUz index. Simultaneously, a large proportion of service members with extracted teeth, including those with unsubstituted orthopedic constructions of dentition defects (26.2%), determines a high need for orthopedic care. Only 25.4% of those examined had healthy periodontal tissues. Inadequate and unsatisfactory levels of cavity hygiene were found in 30.1% of cases. The survey results show the high need for service members in all types of dental care, which confirms the existence of a problem in the medical provision and the need to search for ways to improve it in the armed forces of the republic.

military personnel, military garrison, dental health, dental pathology, periodontal pathology, oral hygiene