Analysis of the results of the questionnaire of orthodontists and children dentists of poltava-city on the optimization of orthodontic aids for children.

Objective: Introduction: In the course of the study, we identified high prevalence rates of orthodontic pathology and identified organizational aspects regarding the provision of orthodontic care for children, and identified the need for their optimization. The aim: The purpose of the study was to analyze the results of the questionnaire of orthodontists and children's dentists, who provide dental care to the children of the Poltava region, about the importance of optimization of orthodontic care for children and improving the knowledge of doctors about the risk factors for the onset of orthodontic pathology.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: Methods: Sociological (questionnaire), medical-statistical, bibliosemantic. We analyze 39 questionnaires, which filled out by orthodontists and children's dentists who provide dental care to children of the Poltava region.

Results: Results: A questionnaire was conducted for 39 children's dentists of different specialties, and the subject for study of which was the knowledge of doctors about the risk factors for the occurrence of orthodontic pathology; the opinion of specialists on optimization of the system of prevention, dyspanserization, screening and sanitary-education work. The results of the questionnaire were processed with using of statistical methods and analyzed.

Conclusion: Conclusions: 1. Most doctors consider the most important influencing risk factors that relate to behavioral, informational and medical-demographic, that is, those that are managed. 2. Most doctors determine the existing system of orthodontic care as ineffective, recognize the effectiveness of a joint prevention, dispensary and screening program; consider it advisable to create a single electronic medical card for the child from birth; the level of awareness of the population is low; it is expedient to involve in the preventive and sanitary-educational work of dental hygienists to reduce the burden on doctors. 3. In the training of students and interns in the specialty "Dentistry", more attention should be paid to the study of the risk factors of the occurrence of orthodontic pathology and the importance of primary prevention and dyspansery control to reduce its level.