ABSTRACT
Background: The introduction of modern approaches in dentistry requires a review of existing patient care strategies. The growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the structure of overall morbidity demonstrates the importance of considering comorbidities when planning dental interventions and medication support.
Objective: The study aims to systematise modern approaches to optimising the drug treatment of patients with NCDs in dental practice on the example of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its complications.
Methods: The research methodology included an analysis of modern scientific literature, statistical data and clinical studies.
Results: The relationship between oral diseases and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is analysed. The pathophysiological mechanisms of this relationship and modern approaches to pharmacological support of patients are considered. Particular attention is paid to using herbal remedies and nutraceuticals in dental practice, which helps reduce systemic inflammation and the risk of complications.
Conclusion: The data obtained indicate the importance of an interdisciplinary approach in treating such patients.

Keywords:periodontitis, surgical dentistry, therapeutic dentistry, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, herbal remedies, nutraceuticals.

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This article substantiates the structure of the author’s concept of training future pediatric dentists by means of situational-communicative models of professional interaction. The author’s concept combines several spheres of activity of subjects of scientific research: medical since the organization of the scientific research process concerns representatives of the field of health care; stomatological since the target aspect outlines the training of future dentists, whose professional activity is concentrated in the system of pediatric dentistry; educational, aimed at updating dental education in medical institutions of higher education due to the use of modern pedagogical technologies and is therefore considered as a pedagogical concept. The conception consists of five concepts and reflects the sequence, phasing and logic of scientific research. The essence of actuality-argumentative, prospective-innovative, scientific-methodological, methodical-providing and analytical-resultative concepts of research and experimental work has been concretized. The conception takes into account the integrability of various directions of scientific research. The expediency of modernizing the professional training of future pediatric dentists for the formation of readiness for professional interaction is argued, focusing attention on progressive changes in the system of higher medical education. The views of researchers regarding the necessity to improve the professional training of students, taking into account the diversity of education of future pediatric dentists, are summarized. The scientific and methodological justification of scientific research in the context of research is highlighted. The need for methodical maintenance of the practical aspect of experimental work and proving the reliability of the obtained results is substantiated. The presence of integration of all defined concepts in a holistic author’s concept of training future pediatric dentists by means of situational-communicative models of professional interaction is emphasized.

Keywords: conception; concept; professional training; pediatric dentists; situational communication models; professional interaction.

Abstract. The conducted study aimed for the integration of cloud technologies into the educational process to evaluate their influence on different aspects of the professional competence of future doctors. For this, methods of comparative analysis, questionnaire, expert assessment, observation and statistical analysis were used. Results showed that students of the experimental group demonstrated significant improvement in the professional competence of such components as cognitive, motivational-volitional and organizational performance aspects. This confirms the importance of the skill to effectively use digital technologies in both professional and personal life spheres. The use of cloud technologies such as Google Docs, Pbwiki, Sway, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Planner led to significant improvements in students’ results. Still, at the beginning, many teachers doubted these tools, although their attitude changed with time. Thus, reconsideration of educational programs to ensure their compliance with world education standards, in particular through the integration of new technologies, contributing to the development of professional competencies is relevant. The scientific novelty of the research is stipulated by the insufficient number of studies devoted to the use of cloud technologies in training future doctors.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, digital technologies, network technologies, professional competence.

Abstract:Theaim of the article is to determine the effectiveness of simulation training for the development of critical thinking in medical students. The Starkey’s Critical Thinking Test and specialized observation of the critical thinking of doctors in their professional activities were used to check the levels of the studied parameters. The initial diagnostics showed a predominance of low indicators of the general critical thinking of dental students. The medium and low indicators of the parameter were distributed almost equally in the sample of surgical students. The samples recorded a similar division of persons with low, medium, and high levels of critical thinking in professional activity. The delivered simulation training with interactive scenarios resulted in a slight increase in the general indicators of critical thinking in the experimental group (EG) of dental students. No significant dynamics of results for this parameter were recorded in other samples. Critical thinking in professional situations shows positive changes in all control groups (CG) and EGs as a result of simulation training. Therefore, it can be unequivocally stated that educational simulations are an effective tool for the development of clinical thinking. The implementation of interactive scenarios can provide an additional developmental effect. The obtained data enable making the development of professional competencies in medical students more effective. Further research may focus on studying the influence of simulation training on the critical thinking of medical students in other fields (therapeutic, traumatology, neurology, etc.).

Keywords:Criticalthinking. Interactivescenario. Medicalstudents.Simulationtraining.

   Aim: To investigate in an experiment the dynamic changes in the mandible bone following traumatic injury and subsequent defect replacement with an osteoplastic material - natural collagen.
   Materials and Methods: Experiments were conducted on 45 male rabbits aged 6-7 months, weighing 2.5-3.0 kg. The control group included 20 animals
with a bone tissue defect that healed under a blood clot. The experimental group consisted of 20 rabbits where the bone defect was filled with natural collagen (Col-C). Post-traumatic bone tissue status within the defect area was monitored for 84 days by The assessment of jaw macrostructure, radiographic examination, radiovisiography, examination of bone sections under a microscope, and lectin-histochemical analysis of decalcified bone sections.
   Results: A comprehensive examination of the experimental bone defect in the rabbit mandible, following implantation of natural collagen revealed extensive regenerative processes. These processes were observed at both the macroscopic and microscopic levels, corroborating the findings of radiographic and radiovisiographic analyses. Microscopic evaluation further elucidated the sequential nature of these regenerative changes and provided insights into the composition of the newly formed bone tissue.
   Conclusions: The application of the osteoplastic material (Col-C) demonstrated a high capacity to positively influence the processes of neo-osteosynthesis, followed by remodeling of the damaged bone. This ensures reliable functionality of the entire dentoalveolar system.
   KEY WORDS: rabbits, lower jaw/mandible, dentoalveolar system, bone tissue, regeneration, colagen, , radiographic method, lectin-histochemistry