Dentistry and maxillofacial surgery during the Leningrad siege

Military doctors, including Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov employees, played an important role in the USSR victory over Nazi Germany. This has historical information. However, the work of military dentists in the besieged Leningrad conditions is practically not covered. To provide information about the professional activities of military dentists and maxillofacial surgeons during the blockade of Leningrad. The study included official statistical reports on the activities of medical units, research, and dissertations, materials from scientific conferences, as well as books, monographs, and scientific articles that testify to the activities of medical workers during the blockade of Leningrad. During the blockade of Leningrad, the work of military dentists provides an example of complex medical and diagnostic problem intensive solutions against the backdrop of an acute financial, material, and labor resource shortage. Specialized medical care for the maxillofacial wound under the siege of Leningrad was provided in the dental clinic of the Military Medical Academy and evacuation hospitals. A quarter of those wounded in the face simultaneously had lesions in other are