Annotation. The medical chemistry course for medical university students include separate sections of inorganic, analytical, physical and colloidal chemistry. Medical chemistry as an educational discipline lays the foundations for students to study medical and biological disciplines of general training which include biological chemistry, normal physiology, pathological physiology, pharmacology, as well as professional training disciplines – orthopedic, therapeutic and surgical dentistry. The purpose of the work was to reveal the possibilities of the subject “Medical Chemistry” for the development of the personality of a dental student’s, their acquisition of practical skills, the formation of the foundations of chemical competence in the future dentist. The following materials were used when writing the article: Educational and professional program “Dentistry” (Vinnytsia, 2021), a methodical manual created by the teachers of the Department of Biological and General Chemistry “Chemistry in Dentistry”, a workbook on medical chemistry for students of the Faculty of Dentistry, as well as developed test control before practical classes with presentation of laboratory works. The article describes the role of s-, p- and d- elements, organic substances in the processes occurring in the oral cavity, as well as in the treatment and prevention of dental diseases. The contribution of electrochemical processes in the development of dental pathology is considered. Along with this, the need to use various electrochemical methods (electrophoresis and iontophoresis) to prevent and to treat the diseases of the oral cavity is explained. Thus, knowledge of chemical processes and interactions is necessary to understand the principles of chemical action of drugs, chemical interactions between the oral environment and dental material. Which makes it possible to ensure an effective and safe treatment process.

Annotation. The purpose of this work was to share the experience of working with students in the conditions of distance learning. Practical classes in medical chemistry consist of theoretical and practical parts. Theoretical concepts reveal the essence of physical and chemical phenomena, which must be confirmed by practical works. Practical (laboratory) classes are one of the most important forms of the educational and pedagogical process, during which students acquire the skills of experimental work, the ability to work with devices, independently draw conclusions from the obtained data, which determines the in-depth assimilation of the theoretical material of the discipline. Experiments should be clear and convincing, and confirm theoretical concepts. But modern conditions (quarantine, military actions, blackouts, air raids) call for adjustments to the educational process. It is necessary to organize the educational process in such a way as to give students exhaustive knowledge within the scope of the program. Lectures should carry the maximum amount of information necessary for the assimilation of theoretical material and the possibility of using it to explain processes in a living organism. Practical works should form students' creative approach to certain phenomena, abilities and skills of independent search, analysis and evaluation of information.