Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the (a) UK Health and Security Agency and (b) Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have made of the potential impact of oral bacterial infections on people’s health.

The National Health Service has published advice on treatment of dental abscesses caused by infection which can be found at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dental-abscess/.

The National Dental Survey Programme also provides information on oral health improvement with further resources, including on dental antimicrobial stewardship which can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/oral-health.