May 23 was the final day of the International Scientific Conference for Residents and Students «Nikandrov Readings», dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, and the Interregional Olympiad of Surgical Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, dedicated to the 111th anniversary of Prof. Anatoly M. NIKANDROV’s birth, DMD, PhD, participant of the Great Patriotic War. On this day, the results of both events were summed up.
The words of welcome were delivered by Prof. Larisa M. LOMIASHVILI, DMD, PhD, Dean of the OSMU Faculty of Dentistry, Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation, and Assoc. Prof. Elmira Sh. GRIGOROVICH, DMD, PhD, Head of the Department of Dentistry, including Postgraduate Training Courses, Co-Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, who congratulated all the contestants on their successful performance, wished them an interesting life path, creative development, freedom of thought, understanding in the professional environment, and to lead the charge.
The award ceremony started with the certificates of honor, letters of gratitude, and commemorative medals delivering ceremony, followed by the awarding of diplomas of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees, and valuable prizes from sponsors.
Among the winners were the students and residents of OSMU:
3rd-degree diplomas: Aleksandr S. GONCHAROV, Ilya A. BONDAR, Aleksandr A. BONDAR, and Areg D. MALOYAN.
2nd-degree diplomas: Eugenia A. TYUMENTSEVA and Mansur R. GASANOV.
1st-degree diplomas: Ali R. ALIEV and Anatoly A. TKACHENKO.
By decision of the organizing committee, for the first time it was decided to establish the Prize named after Prof. Anatoly M. NIKANDROV, DMD, PhD, for a high level of theoretical and practical training in the field of surgical dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, demonstrated in the 2024-2025 academic year and based on the results of the events. The Prize was presented to OSMU students Damir R. BEKMURZAEV, Gagik O. TIGRANYAN, and Denis A. KHIZHUK.
Additionally, the youngest participants were awarded memorable gifts: first-year students of the Faculty of Dentistry Alexander BELOV and Marat SHABANOV, as well as a second-year student of the Faculty of Dentistry Ilya BONDAR.
We congratulate the Department of Dentistry, including Postgraduate Training Courses, Maxillofacial Surgery Department, and Faculty of Dentistry on successful and significant events, high level of theoretical and practical training of the contestants. We wish you new victories and creative discoveries!