Dental caries in children is a more serious health problem due to the high prevalence of the disease and the low efficiency of the treatment and prevention measures. At the same time, the trends in the formation and development of dental morbidity in the child population under conditions of an increased anthropotechnogenic load of the urban environment, as well as the planning and implementation of comprehensive programs for the prevention of dental diseases,adequate to the degree of stress in the sanitary and hygienic situation and environmental problems require further clarification. Improvement of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic measures based on the study of monitoring dental morbidity, aimed at reducing the prevalence and intensity of caries in children, determines the relevance of the problem chosen for the study, the solution of which is of extremely important scientific and practical importance.
