The history of the formation of the Department of Surgical Dentistry goes back to the development of dentistry in Kuban.After the Great Patriotic War, there was only one dental clinic in Krasnodar, where 20 dentists and 3 dentists worked.Surgical dental care was provided at an outpatient clinic and consisted of tooth extraction and outpatient operations.Patients with severe inflammatory processes, traumatic injuries to the maxillofacial area, etc.Dental care was provided by general surgeons.Until 1963, the training of dental personnel was carried out at a dental school in Krasnodar.The number of dentists in the Krasnodar region by 1950 was only 12% in relation to dentists.
To provide inpatient care to maxillofacial patients, in 1952 in Krasnodar, first 5 and then 10 beds were allocated on the basis of the surgical department of the Regional Clinical Hospital and the Department of Hospital Surgery of the Kuban Medical Institute.
At the Department of Hospital Surgery in 1953, a course in dentistry was opened at the Faculty of Medicine, which was headed from 1953 to 1959 by Associate Professor Yuri Iosifovich Bernadsky.On the initiative of the chief dentist of the Krasnodar region, Lidia Mikhailovna Dolgikh and associate professor Yu.I.Bernadsky in 1956, on the basis of the Regional Dental Clinic, a maxillofacial hospital with 25 beds was opened (on Krasnoarmeyskaya St., 60).Under the leadership of Yu.I.Bernadsky practical doctors L.M.Dolgikh, V.A.Kiselev, V.P.Kovchun and V.P.Batievskaya conducted scientific research, the results of which were summarized in defended Ph.D. dissertations.Yu.I.Bernadsky, as a leader, teacher, scientist, and maxillofacial surgeon, was distinguished by his high ability to work, demanding of himself and his subordinates, and provided direct assistance in the professional growth of young surgeons.
In the history of the Kuban Medical Institute, 1963 is significant in that a new faculty began to function there – dentistry.The talented student of Professor Yu.I. played a fundamental role in the opening of the faculty and its formation.Beradsky – Associate Professor Viktor Andrianovich Kiselev, who replaced Professor Yu.I.Beradsky as head of the dental course at the Department of Hospital Surgery in 1959.In 1965, a joint department of dentistry was opened at the Faculty of Dentistry, the head of which was Associate Professor V.A.Kiselyov, and associate professor courses at the department of therapeutic and orthopedic dentistry were respectively occupied by associate professor M.M.Tsarinsky, associate professor I.Kh.Pinsky.Associate Professor V.A. was appointed the first dean of the Faculty of Dentistry.Kiselev.
Batievsky P.A., Sergicheva N.V., Shafranova-Batievskaya V.P. were invited as teachers to the Department of Dentistry.Doctors Pronina V.P., Latiy Z.P., Baronov A.I. were accepted into graduate school.With such a small team, the department began teaching specialized disciplines.As a training base, the Department of Dentistry was provided with the departments of the Regional Dental Clinic (surgical, therapeutic, orthopedic) on Krasnoarmeyskaya St., 60. An important event in the life of the institute and faculty was the organization in 1966 of three specialized departments: surgical, therapeutic and orthopedic dentistry.The Department of Surgical Dentistry was headed by Associate Professor V.A. Kiselev.(since 1972 – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor).The first teachers of the department were trained from practicing doctors: Shafranova-Batievskaya V.P., Kovchun V.P., Dolgikh L.M., Sveshnikova R.A., Baronov A.I., Kiseleva N.F., Shulzhenko V.I., Zak V.A.Later, the department was replenished by teachers from among the graduates of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Kuban Medical Institute.Red Army: Avakimyan M.A., Nedelko N.A., Starchenko O.D., Volkov V.A., Sveshnikov G.G., Arakelyan A.R., Taranov V.Yu., Tsymbalov O.V., Gaivoronskaya T.V., Uvarova A.G., Manuilova M.V., Lovlin V.N., KuzminM.I., Gerbova T.V., Taranova N.Yu., Demchenko V.A., Shafranova S.K.and others.
In parallel with the formation of the personnel potential of the department, the material base also improved.In 1968, with the active initiative of the chief physician of the Regional Dental Clinic, Dolgikh L.M.and Professor V.A. KiselevThe building of the maxillofacial hospital (with 60 beds) and the outpatient surgical department was built and put into operation, where the Department of Surgical Dentistry was located on Shaumyan St. (Rashpilevskaya), 31. Professor V.A. Kiselev.He continuously headed the department until March 1993, until the last day of his life.Under his leadership, 19 candidate and 2 doctoral dissertations were defended.On his initiative, 2 departments were opened: the Department of Dentistry of the Faculty of Advanced Training and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, which were headed by his students Professor A.I. Baronov.and Associate Professor Shulzhenko V.I.A memorial plaque was erected in his memory.
From 1993 to 2009, the department was headed by one of the best students of Professor V.A. Kiselev.– Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Nikolai Andreevich Nedelko, in 1986–1988 he was dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, and from 1988 to 1991 – vice-rector for academic affairs.Under his leadership, 2 doctoral and 9 candidate dissertations were defended.Currently, the department is headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Tatyana Vladimirovna Gaivoronskaya.The department is an educational and methodological center for practical healthcare: it trains graduate students, clinical residents, including from foreign countries;Every year, about 20 dental surgeons and maxillofacial surgeons undergo advanced training courses.