[Maxillofacial diseases prevalence among patients of working age living in the Republic of Tatarstan].

The aim of the study was to analyze temporary disability cases among the patients suffering from maxillofacial diseases who were treated in dental medical centers over the 2007 to 2016 period. There were determined groups of incapacitating or disabling maxillofacial diseases among adults living in the Republic of Tatarstan: inflammatory (odontogenic and nonodontogenic), traumatic, benign and malignant neoplasms, secondary adentia as a result of tooth loss, as well as diseases associated with teeth eruption. The major part of temporary disability cases is due to odontogenic inflammatory maxillofacial diseases (66.1%), injuries (13.9%) and secondary adentia as a result of tooth loss (7.4%). Analysis revealed that there is a statistically significant difference in the structure of temporary disability cases in the pathology groups depending on gender, age and year of assessment.