Analysis of indicators of activity of children's dental service in the Poltava region (2014–2016)

Purpose of the study. Analysis of qualitative and quantitative indicators of activity of institutions providing dental care for children of Poltava region for 2014–2016. Materials and methods. Accounting and reporting documentation of health care institutions providing dental care to children of Poltava region (f. 039-2/o, f.049/o, f.20, f.17) for 2014–2016, annual statistical reports of the Poltava Regional Analytical Center for Medical Statistics for 2014–2016. Methods: biblio-semantic, medico-statistical, methods of system hike and system analysis. Results. Analysis of indicators of children`s dental institutions showed an increased workload for doctors due to the reduction in the positions of physicians and increasing the number of visits, deterioration of the dental health of children in the region, lack of preventative work in some areas of the region or lack of effectiveness. Conclusions. The availability of pediatric dentists in the children`s population of Poltava Oblast is insufficient. Reducing the number of pediatric dentists leads to a significant increase in physician workload. In some districts of the Poltava oblast, there are poor or insufficient indicators of planned readjustment and low activity or ineffectiveness of preventative work on dental diseases.