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The rural population, in comparison with the urban population, has even less opportunity to receive dental care, since dental institutions, where the most qualified personnel and the latest equipment are concentrated, are located mainly in cities. The diversity of geographical and economic conditions of the rural population, the state of communication, the availability of transport, etc. exacerbate the inequality of residents of different settlements in the possibilities of obtaining dental care, so the specificity of the forms and methods of its organization in rural areas is primarily in the approximation of dental care of a wide profile to the entire rural population.