Ivan Alekseevich Pashutin at the origins of training specialists in dentistry in Russia

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Abstract

Ivan Alekseevich Pashutin, the founder of one of the dental schools in Saint Petersburg, played a crucial role in the formation and development of training in the field of dentistry in Russia. However, information about him in the special literature is limited.

The aim of the study was to provide information about the role of Doctor of Medicine I.A. Pashutin as one of the organizers of training specialists in the field of dentistry in Russia.

This article is based on the information available in the Russian special literature about Pashutin.

Information about the life, family, and training of Pashutin as a person, military doctor, scientist, and specialist in dental diseases were provided. The sources of Pashutin’s knowledge and skills in dentistry were noted, as well as his organizational abilities, especially in the training of dentists, including at the dental school he created in Saint Petersburg. Notably, Pashutin was the first head of an independent course of odontology at the Military Medical Academy.

Doctor of Medicine Ivan Alekseevich Pashutin was at the origins of the training of specialists in dentistry in Russia. His main achievement was the opening of a modern dental school at that time and his work as a teacher, consultant, and doctor on diseases of the teeth and oral tissues.

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Andrey K. Iordanishvili

Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov; Saint Petersburg Medical and Social Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: professoraki@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0052-3277
SPIN-code: 6752-6698

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. Doctor of Medicine I.A. Pashutin (photo from the album of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgical Dentistry of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov).

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3. Fig. 2. I.A. Pashutin’s grave at the Nikolsky Cemetery of the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg.

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