§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of claims for(a) precious metal based and (b) non-precious metal-based crowns and bridges in each of the last three years. [111724]
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§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 29 February 2000]The tables show the number of claims scheduled for payment for crowns and bridges in precious and non-precious metal carried out in England from 1996–97 to 1998–99.
General Dental Service: Number of treatments for crowns: 1996– to 1998–99 England Thousand 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Precious metal Crowns full or 0.75—precious metal 21.7 192.0 248.2 Bonded FJC—gold or precious 1,264.2 892.8 870.1 Total 1,285.9 1,084.8 1,118.3 Non-precious metal FJC—non-precious metal alloy 3.6 26.8 26.9 Bonded FJC—non precious 14.5 12.6 15.1 Total 18.1 39.4 42.0 Total for all metals 1,304.0 1,124.2 1,160.3
General Dental Service: Number of treatments for bridges1: 1996–97 to 1998–99 England Thousand 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Precious metal Retainers Retainer—gold-inlay compound 1.1 0.8 0.4 Inlay—compound confluent cavity or 0.75 crown 0.5 0.4 0.5 FJC 1.1 1.2 0.8 Retainer—other-FJC precious 1.1 0.9 1.4 Bonded FJC—gold or precious 174.1 142.0 156.0 Pontics Pontics—gold 1.4 1.2 1.1 Others precious 0.4 0.1 0.4 Bonded gold/precious 118.8 98.2 109.4 Total for precious metal1 298.5 244.8 270.0 Non-precious metal Retainers FJC non-precious 0.4 0.1 0.2 Bonded FJC non-precious 1.7 2.2 2.8 Acid etch retainer—metal 33.7 30.6 33.5 Pontics Other alloys non-precious 0.2 0.1 0.2 Bonded non-precious 1.2 1.7 2.0 Acid etch pontic—bonded 19.4 18.8 20.5 Total for non-precious metal1 56.6 53.5 59.2 Total for all metals1 355.1 298.3 329.2 1 Figures for bridges are available only for the individual parts