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<p>NHS Digital publishes Dental Statistics for England, which is available from the following link:</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><p>The following table shows data on the percentage of adults and children seen by dentists for National Health Service treatment in the 12- or 24-month periods to June over the last five years. Figures for 2022/23 are not yet available. Information for private dentistry is also not available.</p><p>Official guidance states that adults with good oral healthcare should be seen by a dentist once every 24 months and that children should be seen by a dentist once every 12 months. Therefore, the data is published in this format, so that the number of adults regularly visiting their dentist can be shown.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Percentage of adults seen in previous 24 months to June of each year.</p></td><td><p>Percentage of children seen by an NHS dentist, in previous 12 months to June of each year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: The data shows that in 2022, 16,409,636 adults were seen in the previous 24 months, and 5,589,201 children were seen in the previous 12 months.</p> |