Department of Therapeutic Dentistry
Address: Chekhov str., 3, Ternopil 46003
Tel.: (0352) 25-98-02
The Head of the Department - Associate Professor Luchynsky M.A.
The staff of the Department
At present at the Department work: 1 associate professor (Head of the
Department) and 17 assistant professors Chorniy N.V., Zaliznyak М.S.,
Boytsanyuk S.І., Palasyuk B.О., Patskan L.О., Manashchuk N.V., Pogoretska
H.V., Suckhovolets I.O., Tsvyntarna I.Ya., Shchutska H.V., Yavorska-Skrabut
І.М., Holovetska Z.S., Levkiv M.O., Lyashchynska N.M., Fedorovych O.A.,
Matsko N.V., Mikhalyova A.O., Strypko M.O.. To provide training, educational,
scientific and medical processes of the department 7 rates of laboratory assistants
were created.
Staff:
The staff of the Department (December 2011).
History of the Department
The date of the department foundation one can consider January 2006, when
the 2nd year students of the Dental Faculty started to study dental disciplines, such
as Propaedeutics of Therapeutic Dentistry, Pediatric and Prosthetic Dentistry. At
that time the Department of Dentistry was headed by MD, Professor
Cherkashyn S.I..
The teaching staff: MD Colba O.O., assistant professor Boytsanyuk S.I. –
Propaedeutics of Therapeutic Dentistry, MD Avdeyev O.V. - Propaedeutics of
Pediatric Dentistry, MD Okonsky E.I. - Propaedeutics of Prosthetic Dentistry.
The Department of Dentistry at that time was located in Ruska St, 12.
The 2d year students during the Propaedeutics of Therapeutic Dentistry
practical class.
In September 2006, the Department of Dentistry was reorganized and three
specialized departments were created: Propaedeutics of Dental Disciplines (Head
of the Department Professor Stephan I. Cherkashyn), Department of Therapeutic
and Pediatric Dentistry (Head of the Department - Associate Professor
O.V. Avdeyev, and since July 2010 - MD, Associate Professor Hevkalyuk N.O.).
The Department of Surgical and Prosthetic Dentistry (Head of the Department Associate Professor - Yaroslav P. Nahirny). Medical Diagnostic Center in Chehov
St., 7 was the basis of the Faculty of Dentistry.
To improve the quality of teaching and the unification of learning methods of
the dental students, to improve the educational and methodological, research and
medical care according to the Rector's order № 525 since February 30, 2010, the
Department of Therapeutic and Pediatric Dentistry was reorganized into two
departments: the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry and the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry. The Department of Therapeutic Dentistry was headed by MD,
Assistant Professor M.A. Luchynsky. Educational building №3 in Chekhov St. was
the basis of the Department.
According to the approved "Concept of I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil State
Medical University "Z-system of training, practical skills, objective structured
clinical exam, communication skills were introduced at the Department. All these
allow to train better qualified specialist in comparison with the traditional system
of training.
An important step in training is practical skills. It includes all necessary skills
according to the educational and qualification characteristics of the graduate and is
required for student mastering during the academic year. To acquire practical skills
students are provided with all modern conveniences.
Medical and Diagnostic Center.
During the practical classes students acquire the broad knowledge of the basic
dental sciences and the ability to practically apply this knowledge directly into the
work in clinics.
Dentist should not only be able to provide highly qualified dental care, but
also should know the norms of medical ethics and medical deontology, the basics
of communication with patients, to maintain the sanitation regime, to be perfectly
oriented in the organizational features of different health care institutions, to be
able to conduct sanitary - educational work.
This can be achieved only through the direct participation in the work of all
sections of the dental service.
Students are given an opportunity to examine patients, to diagnose and to
decide the treatment plan. Treatment manipulations one performs after the doctor’s
consulting and explanation of the treatment choice.
Students of the Dental Faculty participate in academic conferences, including
annual International conferences of students and young scientists in Ternopil and
Poltava and in the nationwide dental conferences.
In 2008, students participated in the 11th International Conference of students
and young scientists. The student Andriy Shevchuk participated in the international
competition "Expert 2009", which was held at Lviv National Medical University
and have got an honorable second place; the student Skrypnyk Vitaliy took part in
the international competition "Expert 2010" also have got the second place.
The student Hryzhuk Khrystyna made an educational movie about the
structure and examination of temporomandibular joints. Students Kozyr I.R. and
Skakun K.L. received a scholarship of the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of
Ministry for excellent learning and active research work; the student Harasymiv
O.I. received M.S. Hrushevsky academic scholarship.
Education
Therapeutic Dentistry Department is the leader in study of the major dental
diseases, such as dental caries, complications of dental caries process, non-carious
lesions, periodontal and oral cavity diseases which are studied at the 2d-5th
courses of the Dental Faculty. The following subjects are taught at the Department:
Propaedeutics of Therapeutic Dentistry, Therapeutic Dentistry – the course of
odontology, periodontal diseases, mucous membrane diseases.
The Department is provided with a training classes and clinical rooms,
equipped according to the modern requirements.
.
Students study etiology, pathogenesis, clinic, diagnosis, differential diagnosis
and treatment of dental diseases and diseases of the oral cavity.
Research
Scientific research of the Department staff deals with the study of etiology,
pathogenesis, treatment optimization and prevention of common dental diseases.
At the Department 1 candidate thesis is defended - MD, associate professor
Luchynsky M.A. "Features of prevention of dental caries in children with current
risk factors" and 1 doctoral and 13 candidate theses are planned. At present time,
four candidate theses were tested and documents were presented to the official
defense.
- assistant professor Boytsanyuk S.І.: «Morphological and functional state of
the salivary glands and periodontal tissues on the background of burn disease »;
- assistant professor Chorniy N.V.: «Optimization of treatment and prevention
of periodontal disease on the background of chronic pancreatitis» ;
-assistant professor Manashchuk N.V.: «Features of treatment and prevention
of periodontal diseases in patients with chronic cholecystitis»;
-assistant professor Zaliznyak M.S. «Features of periodontal disease treatment
in a resort rehabilitation of patients with osteoarthritis».
Theses that are planed:
doctoral theses:

MD, associate professor Lychunsky M.A. «Medical and social
rehabilitation of children with dental-alveolar abnormalities and deformities»
candidate theses:
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assistant professor Holovetska Z.S. «Age-related peculiarities of the necrotic
process in the myocardium of male and female rats by use of melatonin»
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assistant
professor
Levkiv
M.O.
«Morphological
and
functional
characteristics of the parotid gland in the course of obstructive jaundice»

assistant professor Patskan L.O.: «Pathogenetic features of paracetamol
hepatotoxicity in the background of nitrite intoxication and methods of its
pharmacological correction»;
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assistant professor Sopotnitska V.V.: «Pathogenetic features of periodontal
inflammatory diseases on the background of chronic hepatitis: mechanisms of
metabolic disorders and their complex correction»;

assistant professor Pohoretska H.V.: «Pathogenetic features of cetaminofen
hepatotoxicity depending on the age and methods of its pharmacological
correction»;
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assistant professor Palasyuk B.O.: «Dependence of physiological
characteristics of periodontium in children of school age»;
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assistant professor Venher V.V. «Features of combined influence of
mercuric chloride and paracetamol on the organism of rats and ways of correction
of the identified violations».

assistant professor Suchovolets I.O. «The course of adrenalin damage on
periodontium on the background of variou types of inflammatory reactions»

assistant professor Shchutska H. V.« Pathogenic effect of polytrauma in a
dysfunctional osteoporosis in reparative osteogenesis of the mandible»
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assistant professor Tsvyntarna I. Ya. «The course of periodontitis in
different types of inflammatory reactions»
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assistant professor Mikhalyova A.O. «Primary and secondary prevention of
teeth diseases and periodontal tissues in patients with chronic tonsillitis »

assistant professor Shkumbatyuk O.V. «The role of melatonin in the
cholinergic regulation of rats’ heart of both sexes under adrenalin origin»
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assistant professor Yavorska - Skrabut І.М. «Features of morphological and
functional reconstruction of tissues and vasculature of rats’ salivary glands during
hyperglycemia»
Clinical work
The base of the Department is the consultative and medical center of
Ternopil State Medical University (Chekhov St., 3), where the assistant professors
of the Department provide treatment and consulting of the population and together
with students make examination and provide medical care.
Consulting and medical activity among the population of Ternopil region is
provided by the staff of the Department. They also have scheduled visits to the
regions. Modern methods of dental caries treatment and its complications, diseases
of mucous membrane and periodontium, modern filling materials, means and
methods of endogenous and exogenous prevention of dental caries are
implemented by the staff of the Department.