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Dental statistics - England 2024/25

Published 28 August 2025. 

Publication

Dental statistics – England 2024/25 - statistical summary narrative (HTML)

Summary

This release is the second in the series to be produced by the NHSBSA. Previous releases were produced by NHS England (formerly NHS Digital) and can be found on the NHS England dental statistics webpage.

The NHS dental statistics annual publication provides details of dental activity and dental workforce data for NHS dental treatment in England.

This release includes information on the number of patients seen by an NHS dentist, as well as NHS dental activity presented down to dental contract level. It also includes data on clinical treatments, orthodontic activity, patient eligibility and charges, and dental workforce. Additional breakdowns are provided at regional, local authority (LA), integrated care board (ICB), and ward level. Workforce data is also provided down to sub-integrated care board (SICB) level.

You can find more details on what is covered by the data in the statistical summary narrative or the background and methodology document provided.

The NHS dental statistics - England 2024/25 publication is an official statistic. It has been produced with full consideration of the standards set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Key findings

In England in 2024/25:

There were 35 million courses of treatment (COTs) delivered, 4% more than 2023/24. In 2024/25, COTs for adult patients increased by 2% to 23 million, and by 7% for child patients to 12 million. More than 60% of the total COTs delivered in 2024/25 were for band 1 treatments, and 10% were for urgent treatments.

There were 73 million units of dental activity (UDAs) delivered, a less than 1% increase since 2023/24. Band 1 was also the largest treatment band by UDAs, with 29% of the total UDAs for 2024/25. Band 1 includes check ups and simple treatment, for example examinations, x-rays, and advice.

There were 18 million adult patients seen in the 24 months to 31 March 2025. In the 12 months to 31 March 2025, there were 6.9 million child patients seen. This was 40% of the national mid-year adult population for England in 2024, and 57% of the mid-year population for children.

There were 24,543 dentists in England with NHS activity, 1.4% more than in 2023/24. The number of dentists per 100,000 population in England was 42 in 2024/25, the same as 2023/24. However, the number of dentists per 100,000 population varies across England by ICB.

Resource list

NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2024/25: National activity summary tables - contract location (Excel: 199KB)NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2024/25: Geographical breakdown activity summary tables - contract location (Excel: 1.9MB)NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2024/25: Geographical breakdown activity summary tables - patient location (Excel: 3.9MB)NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2024/25: Workforce overview summary tables (Excel: 204KB)

Background

The background information and methodology note contains information to help you understand and interpret the data and analysis in this release.

Dental background and methodology document (HTML)

Dental data CSV tables

The zip folders of CSV files in the following expander links contain the most granular dental data for this release.

Metadata and notes for the data can be found within the CSV metadata file.

Metadata for dental CSV files (Excel: 43KB)

Patients seen data

The contract level and geographical level CSVs have had Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC) applied. This will redact rows that relate to fewer than 5 patients. You can find more information on SDC and the impact on the data in section 2.4: Patients Seen in the background and methodology document for this release.

NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2024/25: Patients seen geographical aggregations - contract location CSV files (ZIP: 6.3MB)NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2024/25: Patients seen geographical aggregations - patient location CSV files (ZIP:108.3MB)NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2024/25: Patients seen contract level CSV files (ZIP: 95.5MB)

Pre-release access list (HTML)

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Responsible statistician: Grace Libby