The Department of Orthopedic Dentistry was established in October 1996 according to the decision of the Academic Council of National Pirogov Memorial Medical University and is located at Blok Street, 34. The educational base of the department includes: 9 educational clinical halls with 16 dental units, clinical classrooms for conducting seminars, 2 training rooms for propedeutics orthopedic dentistry equipped with modern dental and foundry laboratories, sterilization laboratories for administrative and business needs of staff.
The first head of the department from 1996 to 2017 was the PhD, associate professor Leonid Muntyan. In September 1996, he was appointed, and in November 1997 he was selected for the post of Head of the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry, Vinnytsia State Pirogov Memorial Medical Institute (nowadays — National Pirogov Memorial Medical University) at the newly created Dental Faculty. Main directions of medical and scientific activity of Leonid Muntyan were devoted to the development of technological processes and methods of orthopedic treatment of patients with disorders of occlusive relationships; approbation and introduction of biomaterials used in the manufacture of implants and orthopedic superstructures; scientific substantiation and rational treatment of patients with orthopedic structures on solid casts and without metal frames. Leonid Muntyan was the author of 168 scientific and educational publications, including 2 textbooks, 4 monographs and a manual on the organization of orthopedic dentistry, 4 copyright certificates and 10 patents of Ukraine. He has trained 2 PhD, 18 Clinical Residents (14 of whom are foreign nationals), 6 Masters of Medicine in the specialty “Orthopedic Dentistry”. He completed his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences on the topic “Theoretical Substantiation and Determination of Clinical Effectiveness of the Treatment of Patients with Dentures with a Combined Fixation System”. He also supervised the preparation of 4 PhD candidates.
He undertook an internship in Switzerland and Poland. Leonid Muntyan was a doctor of the highest category, an experienced teacher known among the teaching staff of medical universities in Ukraine. He has repeatedly been a member of the working committees for the development and implementation of educational programs in the specialty “Dentistry”. Thanks to many years of conscientious work, considerable personal contribution to the development of the healthcare system, high professionalism and active public position, L. Muntyan was repeatedly awarded with diplomas of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, regional state administrations, Lviv and Vinnytsia National Medical Universities. Leonid Muntyan left behind a large number of followers, students and like-minded people.
From 2017 to the present time the department is headed by PhD, Associate Professor Eduard Belyaev. He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Dental Medicine of Vinnytsia State Medical University. E. Pirogov in 1999. After passing in-depth specialization as a doctor-intern at the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry, Vinnytsia National Medical University from 1999 to 2000, he worked at the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry at the Vinnytsia National Medical University as a Senior Laboratory Assistant. From 2000 to 2002 he worked as an assistant-trainee of the same department. From 2002 to 2011 he worked as an assistant at the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry, Vinnytsia National Medical University. In 2007 Belyaev E. V defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Anthropo-genetic Factors of Caries in Practically Healthy Urban Boys and Girls of Podilskyi region of Ukraine”. From October 2011 to May 2017 he worked as an Assistant Professor of the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry.
In 2016, a doctoral dissertation on the topic “Anatomy – Topographic and Functional Features of Diagnostics, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Secondary Deformations of the Dento-Mandibular System” was planned.
Belyaev E. V. is a doctor of the highest qualification category. He is engaged in medical work at the clinical bases of the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry, Vinnytsia National Medical University. He regularly improves its qualification level and applies the latest technologies in the diagnostic and therapeutic process. He has many types of specialized care for patients with orthopedic pathology. The doctor regularly publishes scientific papers in various medical journals. He has 45 publications in professional journals and collections, 3 of which are patents for invention. Not to mention, he involves students in scientific work, manages the preparation of graduate students and clinical residencies.
14 training phantoms are used for the development of manual skills according to the work program and students’ preparation for the complex professional-oriented state examination in orthopedic dentistry.
In 2013, equipment was purchased, and an office for radiovisiographic research of dental patients was organized, with the possibility of exporting a radiovisiographic image on a local computer network. A dental unit equipped with an intraoral camera was purchased.
In addition to its own clinical base, dental institutions are used for practical training in orthopedic dentistry: “Vinnytsia City Clinical Dental Center”, “Vinnytsia Regional Specialized Clinical Dispensary for Radiation Protection”, “Dental office”.