A tooth does not pick the day of the week. On Sunday, 1,159 of 2,807 dental clinics in Kazakhstan see patients, which is 41.3%. Then it gets interesting: the share depends on the city four times more than on anything else
| city | dental clinics | open on Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Astana | 415 | 62% |
| Aktobe | 61 | 52% |
| Atyrau | 92 | 50% |
| Shymkent | 541 | 46% |
| Almaty | 645 | 45% |
| Turkistan | 65 | 42% |
| Taraz | 79 | 35% |
| Uralsk | 71 | 34% |
| Aktau | 118 | 32% |
| Karaganda | 194 | 28% |
| Kokshetau | 70 | 19% |
| Kostanay | 94 | 19% |
| Kyzylorda | 67 | 19% |
| Ust-Kamenogorsk | 84 | 15% |
In Astana Sunday appointments have become the norm, in Ust-Kamenogorsk they remain the exception: there, of 84 dental clinics, thirteen are open on Sunday. City size does not explain the difference: Karaganda and Ust-Kamenogorsk are comparable to Atyrau and Aktobe, yet their shares differ threefold
| close | clinics | share |
|---|---|---|
| before 17:00 | 69 | 2.5% |
| at 17:00 | 150 | 5.3% |
| at 18:00 | 769 | 27.4% |
| at 19:00 | 631 | 22.5% |
| at 20:00 | 595 | 21.2% |
| at 21:00 or later | 335 | 11.9% |
| around the clock | 248 | 8.8% |
| at night, from 01:00 to 03:00 | 23 | 0.8% |
One dental clinic in twelve works around the clock: 248 clinics across the country. For a toothache this is the main number: night appointments exist, you only have to find them
The morning is firmly closed: 2,194 clinics open before nine, which is 78.2%
If you are planning for Sunday, start with the city: it decides more than the name of the clinic. In Astana, Aktobe and Atyrau you will have a choice, in Kostanay and Ust-Kamenogorsk you will have to call in advance
If it hurts at night, look for around-the-clock clinics. There are 248, and not every city has them
In Ust-Kamenogorsk, Sunday appointments open 85% of the market to you with no competitor that day. In Astana the same move puts you into a general row of 258 clinics
Then the question moves from the schedule to messages. A person in pain writes to everyone and goes to whoever answers first. Working hours decide less here than speed of reply
The data comes from open business listings: 2,807 schedules analyzed. The closing hour is taken from Monday, or from Tuesday if Monday is missing. We count clinics closing at 24:00 as around the clock. The measurement was made on September 2, 2026
Numbers in this article come from our own database of public directories in Kazakhstan, counted on September 2, 2026. We count them ourselves and never take them from other reports