Medical aid to wounded persons with maxillofacial pathology in Main military hospital during the Great Patriotic War

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There was marked work of dental unit of the Main military hospital during the Great Patriotic War, including during evacuation in Gor’ky. Insertion of modern methods of immobilization of fragments of jaws and well organized succession to 1944 permitted to decrease the quantity of operations of traumatic osteomyelitis and increase the quantity of plastic operations. Owing to using of new materials (stainless steel, plastics) and to insertion of antibiotics, the period after 1946 is characterized by increased capabilities of effectuating of plastic operations and treatment of jaw breakups.