The theme of the paper is defined by the relevance and insufficient scientific elaboration of the concept of dental tourism in Russia on the basis of deep, comprehensive and conceptually oriented research. The article presents the analytical review of foreign literature in the field of dental tourism. The authors consider various approaches to the definition of the conceptof dental tourism. Scientific developments which are devoted to the dental tourism have not been conducted in our country yet. Mainly, the scientific developments in the sphere of dental tourism are conducted for advertising purposes. The authors points to the possibility and necessity of this study within the framework of sociology of medicine which has the methodological and operational basis for achieving the planned result.

The article presents an analysis of the regulatory legal acts regulating directly or indirectly the activities of the sanatorium-resort complex of the Krasnodar Region in the conditions of COVID-19. The chronology of the introduction of bans and their gradual lifting within the framework of the activities of the sanatorium-resort complex reflected the all-Russian situation, which in general determined the content of the adopted regulatory legal acts. It was revealed that in the Krasnodar Region, in contrast to the Stavropol Region, where they were also concerned about the situation with COVID-19 and the preservation of the sanatorium complex, there is no approved plan for the phased exit of this complex from the anti-epidemic restrictions regime that may adversely affect the operation of the health resort complex of the Krasnodar Region.