The Patriarch of maxillofacial traumatology (on the 100th anniversary of Professor V.A. Malyshev, Colonel of Medical Service)

The prominent place in the cohort of famous Russian dentists of XX century belongs to the participant of Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, colonel of medical service Vasily Alekseevich Malyshev (1922–2006), whose 100-year anniversary is celebrated by Russian stomatological community in 2022.

AIM: To present scientific, clinical, pedagogical and social activity of prominent maxillofacial surgeon Doctor of Medicine, Professor, colonel of medical service V.A. Malyshev, as well as his merits before the Motherland.

To present the role of V.A. Malyshev in formation and development of the military stomatology, maxillofacial surgery and traumatology in Russia on the basis of analysis of the national literature, life and professional activity as well as scientific labors of the doctor of medical sciences, professor, colonel of the medical service.

Scientific works of V.A. Malyshev are mainly devoted to the research of issues of clinic, diagnostics, treatment of fractures of the lower jaw and prevention of traumatism. Having become the master of maxillofacial traumatology, he has significantly improved the diagnostics of maxillofacial injuries and introduced in everyday clinical practice a great number of original methods and effective ways of treatment of the indicated pathology. His scientific and practical developments and suggestions regarding the treatment of patients with maxillofacial region injuries have been widely spread in our country, implemented in practice of many medical preventive institutions and included in many textbooks, manuals and teaching aids used in Russian higher educational institutions. His method of treatment of chronic fractures of mandibular articular process by means of its replantation with following osteosynthesis, which was developed in our country and abroad, gained recognition not only in our country but also abroad.

V.A. Malyshev was one of the oldest military dentists of Russia, a brilliant teacher, an excellent scientist and clinician. His name was well known to the stomatological community of the USSR, and since 1991 in Russia and the former Soviet Union. His work for 50 years was connected with the department of maxillofacial surgery and dentistry of Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov. In 1975–1988 V.A. Malyshev as an off-duty chief dentist did a lot to improve the organization and provision of dental care to the servicemen and sailors.