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The paper highlights the issues of monitoring and assessing the state of infection control conducted over four years of research in order to prevent infections associated with the provision of medical dental care to the population of the republic. The results are presented at baseline and periodically in order to predict and scientifically substantiate preventive measures. The studies were carried out in dental organizations using the "Evaluation sheet of the state of infection control in dentistry" which included 31 criteria for seven functional and organizational blocks by the method of direct observation of existing practices, interviewing medical staff, discussion of causal relationships between processes and phenomena (qualitative assessment) and the method calculating a numerical expression of the percentage between existing and expected compliance with infection control requirements (quantification). As a result of the fourth Monitoring and Evaluation, indicators of compliance with infection control requirements showed a significant increase, both in general - by 37.2% (2.4 times compared to the baseline monitoring and evaluation), and in the functional blocks of the infection control system. The growth rate was 116.5%, the rate of increase was 16.5% (p<0.05). However, the indicators remain low, which requires further improvement of the system of measures for the prevention of infections associated with the provision of dental care to the population.