The Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery (second in Ukraine) was opened in Vinnytsia Oblast Clinical Hospital in April 1960 in the adaptation of premises – the former home of the chief doctor for 30 beds. The first head of department was M. F. Pshenichny (1960-1967).  Since 1960, the office has been the base for dentistry at Vinnytsia National Medical University that, from 1960 to 1973 was headed by Professor S.M.Pravednikov, an active participant of the Great Patriotic War. His doctoral thesis was on the experience of the treatment of the wounded and was called “The Wounded Heart”. S. M. Solomenny worked with him who was previously head of the course of the basics of dentistry at Chernivtsi Medical University (now retired) and P. A. Lozenko – now assistant professor of Odessa Medical University. From 1968 to 1973, the department was headed by A. D. Verigina, now retired. She worked with L. I. Fateeva, V. B. Bulichov and A. A. Yaschuk. S. M. Solomenny has worked with Voznyuk G. D. from 1978 to the present time; Lanets A. A. (1979 to 1986) – now the dentist at Novodnestrovskaya CRH of Chernivtsi region; Zhelikhovsky D. P. (1986 to 1992). In 1981, the office was opened, “Tumors of the head-neck”, which treated patients with cancer. Since 1992, the department has been headed by MD S. M. Shuvalov. In 1992. E. M. Sheyko, a retired lieutenant colonel and former military dentist, now an Assistant at the Department of Surgical Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery of Vinnytsia National Medical University, was recruited to the position of the doctor-intern, just like Matusiak I. J in 1993. In 1995 an extension to the main room, which greatly improved the working conditions, was built. Area Branch was increased twofold, thereby creating the conditions for placing the Department of Operative Dentistry. In 1997, 20 beds were allocated for dental patients in the City Hospital ambulance which provides emergency assistance to the urban patients.  In 2000, V. V. Nagaychuk was recruited, now an Assistant of the Department of Operative Dentistry Vinnytsia National Medical University, and in 2005 — a doctor-intern Malakhovskaya A. A., now MD, PhD, Department of Operative Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery. In 1996 the Department of Surgical Dentistry of Vinnytsia National Medical University named after Pirogov was founded. The first head of the department was Gorlenko Alexander, who in 1970-1975 studied at the Dnepropetrovsk Medical Institute. He worked in Krivoy Rog where he finished his internship in surgical dentistry and qualified as dental surgeon of III category, worked as an intern in the maxillofacial department of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital named after Mechnikov. He was elected as an assistant in the Department of Operative Dentistry of the Crimean Medical Institute. In 1993, Gorlenko Alexander defended his thesis for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences on the topic “Regeneration of Soft Tissue Wounds of the Maxillofacial Region in the Complex Treatment with Mud Packs”. In 1996 he was awarded the rank of Associate Professor by the Department of Operative Dentistry. He is the author of 61 scientific papers and received 6 inventor’s certificates and 2 declarative patents. During the operation of separation three PhD theses were defended by M. F. Pshenichny (1967). S. M. Straw (1967), A. D. Verigina (1980), as well as doctoral dissertation by Shuvalov S. M. (1999). From 2004 to 2005 Matusiak I. J., now an assistant of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Maxillofacial Surgery of Vinnytsia National Medical University named after Pirogov, worked as a department supervisor.

Shuvalov S. M., 1950 year of birth, graduated from Irkutsk Medical Institute, Faculty of Dentistry in 1973. He is the Doctor of Medicine, professor, worked for 36 years as a doctor of the highest category. After graduating from medical school, from 1973 to 1977 he worked as a dental surgeon in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. From 1977 to 1979 he studied in clinical internship of Irkutsk Medical Institute at the Department of Operative Dentistry, and then from 1979 to 1990 he worked as an assistant of the Department of Operative Dentistry of Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute. In the period from 1980 to 1984 he worked as an assistant to the dean and took an active part in the creation of the Faculty of Dentistry. He conducted workshops and lectures for students of III-V years. In 1987, in the city of Omsk he defended his thesis “Treatment of Purulent Wounds with Odontogenic Phlegmon Using Semipermeable Membranes”. Shuvalov S. M. is the author of 160 publications, including 1 monograph, 4 manuals, 57 guidelines, 7 inventions and 31 innovations. In 1999 he defended his doctoral thesis on the topic “Malignant Tumors of the Oropharynx” (Kiev). In 1975, he completed the course of specialization in surgical dentistry (Krasnoyarsk), in 1982 – Training Course for Military Maxillofacial Surgery of Naval Academy. From 1987 to 1989 he was on a business trip in the Yemen Arab Republic as a maxillofacial surgeon. From 1990-1992 he worked as an attending physician department of Head and Neck Tumors” of Regional Oncology Center, the work was carried out as the research work, new surgery techniques to remove tumors of the oral pharynx were introduced. From 1992 he worked in the Vinnytsia Regional Hospital named after N. I. Pirogov as a head of the maxillofacial department. At the initiative of S.M. Shuvalov, on the basis of the regional children’s hospital, a regional center to help children with disorders of the maxillofacial region was established.

Shuvalov S. M. is a freelance regional maxillofacial surgeon actively involved in regional scientific conferences, a member of the Board of Vinnytsia regional branch of the Ukrainian Dental Association. He constantly travels to areas of the region to carry out planned and emergency surgical interventions. Since 2000 he has worked at the department of pediatric dentistry of Vinnytsia National Medical University named after N. I. Pirogov as a professor. In 2003-2006, prof. Shuvalov S. M. participated and presented papers at international conferences in Italy (Ferrara), Latvia (Riga), Montenegro and Serbia (Novi Sad), Austria (Salzburg), Russia (Moscow). In 2004 and 2006 he participated in the international seminar on the topic “Congenital Person” and the European Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery “East-West — Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery” at Latvian State University, Stradina (Riga). Under the guidance of prof. Shuvalov 5 PhD theses and dissertations were carried out. 11 medical residents were trained, 8 of whom are citizens of foreign countries, 22 interns and 5 masters in dental surgery. In 2005, at the 2nd Congress of Ukrainian Dentistry, he was awarded the Diploma of the Ukrainian Dental Association. He has been a member of the European Association of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery since 2003. Currently, the department has 4 associate professors and 3 PhD, as well as 6 assistants. The department is located at the base of the Vinnytsia Oblast Clinical Hospital named after N. I. Pirogov, urban hospital emergency room number 2, Oncology Center, Regional Children’s Hospital, City Dental Clinic, dental center “Prior”. On the basis of Vinnytsia National University named after Pirogov, workshops for students 3rd, 4th and 5th years are conducted. Practical training is promoted to prepare students for practice. Teaching surgical dentistry and maxillofacial surgery is performed systematically, each element assimilated is based on previously acquired knowledge and skills. Means of professionally-oriented knowledge is to solve non-standard clinical case studies. In order to improve the learning process, students take part in cases prepared by the Professor and Head department. Training of students is carried out with the help of modern equipment. Digital programs are demonstrated for students’ observation. The Department students actively participate in the Student Scientific Society. Teachers of the department prepare dental students for participation in the competition “Dental Brain Ring” on an annual basis, with our students ranking 1st among the top 15 teams from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus in 2011. Within the maxillofacial department work the professor, doctor of Medical Sciences., Chairman S. M. Shuvalov who is the curator of the department, MD Malakhovskaya A. A., PhD. Shkilnyak L. I., Bedik O. V., MD Nagaichuk V. V. Every year employees of the department take part in regional, national and international dental conferences and congresses. From 2005 to the present day the department is headed by Jaremenko N. N. The department has 4 attending physicians, including 2 clinical residents, as well as 3 assistants. The department carries out all kinds of plastics in congenital and acquired defects, as well as orthognathic surgery; patients are treated with injuries and inflammatory processes, with tumors of the maxillofacial region. On average about 1,400 patients are treated and about 1,500 operations are conducted per year. Within the department ​​32 inventions and 106 innovations have been made. In 2001, ten beds were allocated at Children’s Regional Hospital, where operations for children with congenital disorders and emergency care take place..