Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 2013

Dental Services

Tabled: 26 July 2024

Answered: 2 August 2024

Question

Jon Pearce

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.

Answer

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...

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