title: Oral health care provision systems in the black sea countries part 14: the Republic of Macedonia.
abstract: This paper gives an overview of the development of health insurance and some aspects of the oral health care in the Republic of Macedonia since it became independent in 1991. First, it describes the provision of oral health care and treatments funded by the public health care system. The dental educational system and available epidemiological data are then described. Generally, few data are available about the dental workforce in recent years, especially regarding dental epidemiology. There are various specialisations in dentistry recognised in Macedonia, as well as three subspecialisations: implantology, maxillofacial and reconstructive prosthodontics, and prosthodontics for children. One aspect of particular interest is that there are many dental faculties in Macedonia and many dentists, relative to the population and the country's requirements.
authors.affiliation: University of St Cyrilus and St Methodius, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. julijananikolovska@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Julijana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nikolovska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D059038:Black Sea; D002648:Child; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003815:Dentists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D004497:Education, Dental; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000458:organization & administration; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000145:classification; D017150:Public Sector; D018843:Republic of North Macedonia; D013039:Specialties, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data