Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»268010.69541/NRIPH.2025.01.001Научная статьяClinical guidelines for dentistry: the opinion of practicing doctorsKhanievAnzor A.aakhaniev@edu.hse.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3072-4144Federal State Budgetary Institution «Centre for Expertise and Quality Control of Medical Care» of the Ministry of Health of Russia02042025151017042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>Since 2018, Chapter 37 of Federal Law No. 323-FZ On the Fundamentals of Citizens' Health Protection and Article 40 of the Federal Law On Compulsory Medical Insurance in the Russian Federation have referred to clinical recommendations and the fact that medical care must be provided in accordance with clinical recommendations and taking into account the standards of medical care. At the same time, the deadline for medical organisations to switch to the provision of care based on clinical recommendations has been extended to 1 January 2025. At the moment there are no officially approved clinical recommendations for dentistry. Purpose: To study the opinion of dentists about the development and significance of clinical recommendations for dental care. Materials and methods of the study: qualitative survey of practicing doctors in different subjects of Russia. Results: Opinions of dentists about clinical recommendations differ depending on the level of knowledge, implementation and use. Conclusion: The development and implementation of modern clinical guidelines based on evidence-based best practice that practitioners will be able to refer to in simple and understandable cases is relevant in the Russian Federation.</p>Clinical guidelines, evidence-based dentistry, dentists, evidence-based medicine.клинические рекомендации, доказательная стоматология, врач-стоматолог, доказательная медицина.[Murdoch AIK, Blum J, Chen J, et al. Determinants of Clinical Decision Making under Uncertainty in Dentistry: A Scoping Review. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023;13(6):1076. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13061076][Mohindra, Kanika; Nirola, Ashutosh. Evidence-based Dentistry: Future Aspects. Journal of the International Clinical Dental Research Organization. 2017;9(1):45—49. DOI: 10.4103/2231—0754.201436][Minja IK, Lwoga ET. Evidence Based Dentistry among Dentists in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review. East Afr Health ResJ. 2021;5(2):129—136. DOI: 10.24248/eahrj.v5i2.662][Krohn S, Kopp IB, Proff P. Der Stellenwert von Leitlinien in der Zahnheilkunde und in der zahnmedizinischen Ausbildung. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2023;66(12):1409—1413. DOI: 10.1007/s00103-023-03798-x][Kovaleva M.Yu., Sukhorukikh O.A. Clinical recommendations. The history of creation and development in the Russian Federation and abroad. REMEDIUM. [REMEDIUM]. 2019;(1—2):6—14 (in Russian). DOI: 10.21518/1561-5936-2019-1-2-6-14][Fedyaeva V.K., Dmitrieva U.N., Zhuravleva N.I., Zhuravlev N.I., Kovaleva M.Yu., KorobkinaA.S., Sukhorukikh O.A., Pashkina A.A. The regulatory status of clinical recommendations and their role in the quality control system of medical care in the European Union, North America and Asia. Pharmacoeconomics. Modern pharmacoeconomics and pharmacoepidemiology. [Farmakoekonomika. Sovremennaya farmakoekonomika i farmakoepidemiologiya]. 2019;12(3):239—245 (in Russian). DOI: 10.17749/2070—4909.2019.12.3.239—245][Andreeva I.V., Stetsyuk O.U., Egorova O.A. Clinical recommendations: what a practicing doctor needs to know. RMJ. [RMZh].2020;(5):21—25 (in Russian).][Bavykin D.V. Forensic medical examination of the quality of dental care. Literature review. Applied information aspects of medicine. [Prikladnye informatsionnye aspekty meditsiny]. 2022;25(1):39—42 (in Russian). DOI: 10.18499/2070-9277-2022-25-1-39-42][Andreeva S.N., Zolotnitsky I.V., Volozhin G.A. Reasonable risk and harm caused when using dental implantation methods in treatment. Russian dentistry. [Rossiyskaya stomatologiya]. 2023;16(2):8—12 (in Russian). DOI: 10.17116/rosstomat2023160218]