Department of Orthodontics and Dental Prosthetics. Professor. Head of the department.
NIGMATOV RAKHMATULLA NIGMATOVICH
Head of the Department of Orthodontics and Dental Prosthetics at the Tashkent State Dental Institute, now Tashkent State Medical University, Vice-President of the Association of Dentists of Uzbekistan, Academician of the International Dental Academy (Academy of Dentistry International - ADI), Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences (RAMTN), Academician of the Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA), Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor.
He was born on April 1, 1953 in Tashkent in a family of employees. After graduating from high school and receiving a gold medal, in 1970 he entered the Faculty of Dentistry of the Tashkent State Medical Institute (Tashgosmi).
In 1975, after receiving a dental diploma, he was accepted into a clinical residency at the Department of Hospital Orthopedic Dentistry of Tashgosmi, after which he began his medical career.
Since 1977, he has been appointed an orthodontist in the department of the children's dental clinic of Tashgosmi. Since 1979, he was accepted on a competitive basis for the position of an assistant at the Department of Hospital Orthopedic Dentistry.
In 1987, R.N. Nigmatov entered postgraduate studies in orthopedic dentistry, and in 1991 he successfully defended his PhD thesis in Moscow on the topic "Development and evaluation of the effectiveness of ion-plasma treatment of dental borons" under the scientific supervision of Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Sobirjon Akhmadzhonovich Zufarov. The scientific consultant was Doctor of Physico-mathematical Sciences, academician Telman Dadaevich Radjabov.
In 2005, he managed to complete his planned doctoral research, as well as defend his doctoral thesis, on the topic: "The condition of the oral organs in patients with diseases of the internal organs: diagnosis, treatment and prevention." In accordance with the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 1992, R.N. Nigmatov was awarded the academic title of associate professor, and in 2007 - the title of professor.
Professor R. Nigmatov has published more than 670 scientific, practical, educational and methodological publications. Among them are 13 monographs, 19 textbooks, 10 teaching aids, 1 Copyright certificate for an invention, 20 Patents of the Republic of Uzbekistan and 16 innovation proposals. He has made presentations at a number of international scientific conferences in the far and near abroad.
In 2007, he was elected a full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences (RAMTN), and since 2009 he has been recognized as the only academician of the International Dental Academy (Academy of Dentistry International – ADI) in Uzbekistan. In May 2024, he was elected an Academician of the Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA).
R.N. Nigmatov pays great attention to the training of highly qualified specialists and scientific staff. Under his leadership, 6 PhD, 1 doctoral and 48 master's theses were prepared and successfully defended.
Currently, under his leadership, a Scientific school called Orthodontics has been organized on the topic "Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of dental anomalies and deformities in adults and children." A number of outstanding scientists, orthopedists and orthodontists from far and near abroad are invited to conduct scientific lectures, seminars and master classes and play an important role in training young specialists in the specialty of orthodontics.
From 2000 to 2015, Prof. Nigmatov R. was elected President of the Association of Dentists of Uzbekistan. Under his leadership, the Association of Dentists of Uzbekistan publishes the Republican scientific and practical journal "Dentistry".
R.N. Nigmatov, as a highly qualified specialist, a doctor of the highest category, worked as an adviser to the main medical department at the office of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan from 2003 to 2011.
In 2006-2009, R.N. Nigmatov worked as the scientific secretary of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in 2009-2012 - Deputy chairman of the specialized Scientific Council of the Tashkent Medical Academy. In addition, he was an expert on licensing medical activities under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Dentistry, a member of the problem and monothematic commission.
Many years of fruitful work by R.N. Nigmatov has been awarded a number of honorary titles. Professor R. Nigmatov was awarded the commemorative badge "20 years of Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan" by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2011. And in 2023, by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, he was awarded the "Excellent Student of Higher Education" badge.
Currently, Professor R.N. Nigmatov is the head of the Department of Orthodontics and Dental Prosthetics at Tashkent State Medical University, a member of the Academic Council, a member of the monothematic commission, the problem commission, a member of the scientific seminar on dentistry for the defense of doctoral dissertations.
He is the editor-in-chief of the Stomatologiya journal, a member of the editorial board of the Azerbaijan journal QAFQAZIN stomatology yangilikleri, a member of the International Editorial Board of the dental journal Concept, published in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and a member of the editorial board of the scientific and practical journal Russian Doctor, published in the Russian Federation.

| All | With 2023 - 2024 | |
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| Citation statistics | 442 | 102 |
| h-index | 9 | 3 |
| inR | 1081.89 | 49.01 |
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