Dentistry

History of the Faculty

In 1965, at the Dagestan State Medical Institute, the Dental School was opened. The credit for this belongs to the rector Prof. Magomed Magomedovich Maksudov, who made an enormous contribution to the development of practical public health and science. He and his associates (Gitelman NT, Alisultanov AA, Gadzhiev NG et al.) built a modern health center with an exemplary Maxillofacial Hospital on 45 beds — providing surgical care to patients with maxillofacial injuries, congenital and acquired defects of the maxillofacial region of the oral cavity, with acute and chronic purulent infection, and open surgical hospital.

Honoured Doctor of the RSFSR and the DASS, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR and the DASS, Professor M. Maksudov is the founder of surgical stomatology in Dagestan and in the whole North Caucasus.

A Pioneer in Dagestan Dentistry

Magomed Magomedovich Maksudov — the first Dagestani dentist — received higher education and graduated from the Moscow Medical Dental Institute in 1939. He was destined to become a prominent health organizer, the founder of the scientific school of dentists in Dagestan. His long-term and multi-faceted activities as a private doctor, head of the maxillofacial department, Dagestan Minister of Health, rector of the Dagestan Medical Institute, assistant, associate professor, professor, and head of the Department of Operative Dentistry promoted the introduction of new methods of organization of therapeutic and preventive care to the population, and the development of medical science in the country.

Department of Propaedeutics

In 2000, the Department of Propaedeutics and Prevention of Dental Diseases was organized. Head of the department was elected Ph.D., Professor Frenkel Izabakarov, who served in this position until 2003. Since 2003, the department is in the charge of MD, PhD, Associate Professor Omarov OG-M.

Head of the Department Omarov OG-M published the textbook "Practical work on phantom rate of therapeutic dentistry" (Moscow, 2007), which was included in the list of basic literature for the 2nd year students of dental faculties of Russian universities, and encompasses a variety of learning and teaching aids.

Student Life & Achievements

At the faculty, students are actively involved in scientific research (CHO, SNK), in amateur performances, and take part in cultural campaigns, Olympics of students and in the sports life of the academy. The dean's office and dental faculty teams are constantly working to improve the quality of training of future dentists.