Dental Services
(asked on 19th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) adults and (b) children who have had teeth extracted in the NHS over the last 12 months in (i) England and (ii) York.
The information requested in respect of York is not held centrally. The following tables summarise the number of adults and children who underwent teeth extractions in the National Health Service in England over the last 12 months. Children in the NHS dental statistics are defined as aged 0 to 18 years, whilst the publication that focuses on child tooth extractions via Hospital Episode Statistics data defines children as aged 0 to 19 years.
Total number of tooth extractions in adults in a primary setting:
Year | England |
2021-22 | 2,562,155 |
Source: NHS Dental Statistics for England, 2021-22, Annual Report (NHS Digital)
Total number of tooth extractions in children in a primary setting:
Year | England |
2021-22 | 443,484 |
Source: NHS Dental Statistics for England, 2021-22, Annual Report (NHS Digital)
Number of tooth extractions of children aged 0 to 19 years in a hospital setting:
Year | England |
2021-22 | 41,875 |
Source: Hospital tooth extractions in 0 to 19 year olds: 2022 (GOV.UK)
Proportion of tooth extractions of children aged 0 to 19 years in a hospital setting that were caused by decay:
Year | England |
2021-22 | 63% |
Source: Hospital tooth extractions in 0 to 19 year olds: 2022 (GOV.UK)
Number of tooth extractions for people aged 20 years or older in a hospital setting:
Year | England |
2021-22 | 74,467 |
Source: Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity, 2021-22 (GOV.UK)