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Dental Services

Asked by Jon PearceLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 August 2024UIN 2013

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of (a) adults and (b) children going 24 months or more without a dental check-up.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

In the 24 months to June 2023, 18.1 million adults saw a National Health Service dentist in England, the equivalent to 41% of the adult population. In the 12 months to June 2023, 6.4 million children saw an NHS dentist in England, the equivalent to 53% of the child population. Further information is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics

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