Health systems in transition : Uzbekistan

5.11 Dental health 
In the 1990s, the private share of the dental health care market increased 
significantly. The expansion of the private sector was facilitated by the 
introduction of cost-sharing and limited capital investment in the public dental 

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health system. However, the entry of the private sector has mostly been limited 
to urban areas and the pricing of dental health care mostly targeted groups with 
higher than average incomes. 
In the public sector, dental health care has retained many features of the 
Soviet period. It comprises dental surgeries in rural areas, and dental polyclinics 
and specialized inpatient clinics in urban areas. Dental surgeries and polyclinics 
operate under the auspices of 
tuman
 health authorities and are considered to be