Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the current dentist capacity is in the South Scotland region.
The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally, however each NHS Board will hold information on dental capacity for their respective areas.
We remain in a position of relative strength in terms of workforce numbers and capacity in Scotland, with 59 dentists per 100,000 of the population providing NHS dental services, compared with 43 per 100,000 in England. Dental registrations project a similar picture, with a record number of people registered with a NHS dentist, more than 95% of the population of Scotland.
Further information on dental statistics, including NHS dental registration numbers broken down by NHS Board, can be found on the Public Health Scotland (PHS) website, at: Dental Statistics (publichealthscotland.scot) .