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»276410.25742/NRIPH.2024.02.024Научная статьяFormation and Organization and formation of health education in dentistry in the 20-30s of the twentieth century in RussiaZavyalovArkady I.ark.zavyalow@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-6013MaksimovEgor S.79778220515@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-8578N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthFSBEI HE «ROSUNIMED» OF MOH OF RUSSIA04062024214014429042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article presents the organization and formation of sanitary education in the field of dentistry in the 20-30s of the twentieth century among the population of Russia, aimed at disseminating medical knowledge on proper hygienic care of teeth and oral mucous membranes. In order to educate and consolidate children's hygiene skills, posters were widely used in the classroom for visualization.</p>Health educationOral HygienePrevention of dental diseasesсанитарное просвещениегигиена полости ртапрофилактика болезней зубов[Pashkov K.A. Dental medicine and stomatology in Russia: main stages and directions of development. Kazan: Center for Innovative Technologies; 2011. 301 p. (in Russian).][Dauge P.G. On the reform of dental medicine in Russia. Izvestiya Narkomzdrav RSFSR. [Izvestiya Narkomzdrava RSFSR]. 1918;(9—10):11 (in Russian).][Dauge P.G. On the state organization of dental care in the Republic. Izvestiya Narkomzdrav RSFSR. [Izvestiya Narkomzdrava RSFSR]. 1919;(2—3):6 (in Russian).][Resolution of the People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR “On the organization of state dental care for the population of the Republic” of July 24, 1920 (in Russian).][Circular explaining paragraph 6 of the NKZ resolution on the invitation of dentists to public service from 19.02.1919. In the book: Provisions, circulars and instructions of the People's Commissariat of Health. Moscow: State Publishing House; 1921. P.49—51 (in Russian).][Dauge P.G. Caries as a social disease. Proceedings of the 1st All-Russian Odontological Congress. M.: Izd-vo Narkomzdrav RSFSR; 1924. P.76—104 (in Russian).][Dauge P.G. On the prophylactic fight against dental caries among schoolchildren and preschool children Proceedings of the 1st All-Russian Odontological Congress. M.: Izd-vo Narkomzdrav RSFSR; 1924. P.27—30 (in Russian).][Dauge P.G. Fundamentals of social dentistry. Odontology and dentistry. [Odontologiya i stomatologiya]. 1923;(2):54—60 (in Russian).][Ershov V.S. Experience of studying the impact of health education posters. Collection on the organization, content and methodology of sanitary-educational work. Edited by Prof. L.S.Bogolepova. М.; 1963. P.123—128 (in Russian).][Semashko N.A. Sanitary education. In: Ten Years of October in Soviet Medicine (1917—1927). M.: Izd-vo Narkomzdrav RSFSR; 1927. P.70 (in Russian).][Strashun I.D. Ten years of the proletariat's struggle for health. In: Ten Years of October in Soviet Medicine (1917—1927). M.: Izd-vo Narkomzdrav RSFSR; 1927. P.72—74 (in Russian).][Shapiro Y.E., Papernova T.E., Petrova-Gorelova V.N. Sanitation of the oral cavity. Edited by S.S.Katsnelson. M.: Izd-vo Narkomzdrav RSFSR; 1927. P.7—18 (in Russian).][Dauge P.G. Social bases of Soviet stomatology. Moscow: State Medical Publishing House; 1933. P.388 (in Russian).][Verkhovsky M.N. To the question of prophylaxis of the oral cavity. Odontology and dentistry. [Odontologiya i stomatologiya].1929;(1):12—19 (in Russian).]