Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry

Scientific Work

Coordinator: – Olena Plyska, Candidate of Medical Sciences,  associate professor, plyska.e@gmail.com

Main directions of work:

• primary prevention of dental hard and periodontal tissues diseases in children living in unfavorable environmental condition (in the conditions of action of small doses of radiation after Chernobyl disaster);
• early diagnosis, changes in local immunity of the oral cavity, features of treatment and prevention of main dental diseases in children and adolescents against comorbid pathology;
• diagnosis, treatment and pathogenetically justified prevention of oral mucosal diseases;
• determining the leading role of general and local factors in the development of main dental diseases;
• primary prevention of carious lesion at different stages of enamel mineralization by studying changes in the morphology and chemical composition of dental enamel in permanent teeth;

Research work of the department

Research work (2022-2024): “Clinic, prevention and treatment tactics of oral diseases in children with combined pathology”, State registration number 0122U000493

Scientific adviser: Professor O.V. Savichuk