Analysis of personnel resources of doctors according to «dentistry» profile in units providing medical care in outpatient and inpatient conditions

In the health-care system in the Russian Federation, the units providing medical care in outpatient and inpatient conditions employ more than 55,000 individuals of dental doctors of various specialties, dental doctors and dental hygienists every year from 2014 to 2018. The availability of dentistry by doctors tends to decline from 4.20 (2014) to 3.75 (2018). By 2018, 99.45% of dentistry doctors and 99.3% of dental doctors have a specialist certificate and accreditation certificate. 38.16% of dentistry doctors and 54.88% of dental doctors confirmed their qualification category. In dynamics there is a tendency to decrease the passing of certification for obtaining qualification category by these specialists. These facts show a decrease in the availability and quality of dental care, as it is ensured by the availability of the necessary number of health workers and their level of qualification.