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Commons Briefing paper by Carl Baker, Annalise Murray and Sonja Stiebahl. It was first published on Friday, 12 June 2026. It was last updated on Friday, 12 June 2026.


Constituency data: Dentists and dental practices

This interactive dashboard allows you to explore NHS data on dentists and dental practices. It provides a map and list of dental practices in each constituency, information on the percentage of people that have seen a dentist recently, and information on how the number of dentists has changed over time. 

Explore constituency data

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If you would like to access this information in an alternative format,  please emailpapers@parliament.ukand we will review your request.  

Sources

The locations of dental practices are sourced from NHS Digital’s ODS data (egdpprac file). This has been geolocated using Ordnance Survey addressing data and the ONS Postcode Directory. 

Data on adults and children seen by a dentist recently, and data on the number of dentists, is taken from NHS Digital’s NHS Dental Statistics publication. 

Notes

Data from March 2020 onwards was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Dental practices were instructed to close and cease all routine dental care from the 25 March 2020 and began to reopen from 8 June 2020. 

Sources

We aim to update aspects of this dashboard in line with data releases from NHS Digital, but the data shown here may not be the latest available. MPs and their staff can contact the Commons Library with queries about updates. 


Secondary information

Type
Research briefing
Reference
CBP-10897 
Category
Data dashboards
Subjects
Dental services Constituencies Dentistry NHS
Contains statistics
Yes
Published by
Social and General Statistics Section
House of Commons Library
Link
View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk