LEADER'S RESPONSE for final qualifying work of the student of SPbSU Belosvetova Sophia Petrovna on the topic: "Condition of periodontal tissues at patients with arterial hypertension".  The study of the relationship between the onset of periodontal diseases with concomitant arterial hypertension is one of the urgent problems of modern dentistry. In her work, Belovetova Sofya Petrovna analyzed the relationship between the occurrence of periodontal pockets and recessions in patients with a certain severity of arterial hypertension. The relevance and main provisions of this problem are detailed in the analytical review of the literature used in the work. The work has a clearly formulated goal and objectives. The main part consists of a description of the groups of patients participating in the survey and the methods of research, as well as the results. Based on the results of the study, an opinion was formulated, as well as a number of conclusions arising from the tasks assigned. Student Belosvetova Sofya Petrovna demonstrated the ability to competently and logically reason, summarize the knowledge and draw conclusions. Graduation qualification work was carried out by the author independently, according to a plan worked out jointly with the scientific supervisor. This graduation qualification work on the structure and design meets the requirements for such studies in the direction of "Dentistry". The work is written competently, compactly. The material is well structured and outlined sequentially. The student showed a high level of theoretical and practical material. I think that the final qualifying work of Svetoslav Petrovna Belosvetova is a completed research and deserves a positive evaluation.