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<p>NHS Dental Statistics for England, published by NHS Digital, includes information on the number of dentists undertaking National Health Service activity. The number of NHS dentists in each of the last five years is summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Dentists with NHS Activity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>24,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>24,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>24,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>23,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>24,272</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The latest Dental Statistics annual report for 2021-22 can be accessed at the following link (see Annex 1, Table 8a):</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2021-22-annual-report" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2021-22-annual-report</a></p> |