Epidemiological dental examination of cadets using digital technology as a factor in the human capital’s development of military personnel

Abstract

In terms of health, the main objective of the reproduction of the qualitative military personnel’s human capital is the prevention of diseases, including dental ones. The effectiveness of preventive measures for dental diseases depends on the timeliness of the epidemiological dental examination. In the context of medicine digitalization and the opportunity to process large amounts of data, the military personnel’s dental health status can be quickly monitored using digital technologies, starting from the early age-the period of cadet schools. The goal of improving the informatization of the medical support system is to increase the availability and quality of medical care to pupils of educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of Russia based on the automation of information interaction between organizations of the RF Armed Forces. We have developed an electronic map for examining the patients’ dental health and integrated into the Dental Health Workstation program with the formation of a single electronic patient registry. The resulting database allows us to trace the state of dental health of patients who experience an annual in-depth medical examination throughout the training period, to conduct a medical-statistical analysis, and to determine the factors that reduce dental morbidity. Using the electronic registry improves the quality of dental care for students.