[Historical stages in the development of maxillofacial surgery and stomatology at the N. N. Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital].

The principal trends in the development of stomatological service of the N. N. Burdenko hospital from its foundation in 1707 up to the present time are presented. The first operations on patients with orodental diseases were described in 1710 by the first head of the hospital N. A. Bidloo. Wars had a great impact on the development of methods of therapeutic and surgical dental care. Original methods of treatment and rehabilitation of patients have been developed. At present modern methods of specialized care are used, based on integration and computer analysis, use of automated systems for the collection and processing of information, and up-to-date treatment and diagnostic equipment.