Data released by Public Health Scotland shows that dental examinations in Scotland have fallen by nearly 25 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

Describes inequalities in the availability of NHS dental practitioners between Scottish Health Boards. Demonstrates how simple dentist-population ratios may overestimate the availability of NHS dental ...

As government officials prepare to answer questions from the profession, The Herald is launching a survey of our readers. The Scottish Government is facing a ‘six-month checkup’ on its reform of NHS ...

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The Liberal Democrats have promised patients will be able to see an NHS dentist at the first time of asking as a flagship policy of their general election campaign. Scottish leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton ...

Six council areas in Scotland have no dentists accepting new NHS patients Six Scottish council areas are “dental deserts” with no practices able to take on new adult NHS patients within three months, ...

NHS dental services in Scotland are facing collapse — despite a Scottish government scheme providing extra funding, Scottish Labour warned today. The party said that in five years just nine dentists ...

Thousands of Scots are attending A&E departments to get dental treatment amid claims the service is ‘on the brink of collapse’. Some desperate people calling NHS 24 with teeth and gum problems are now ...

The full range of NHS dental treatments has been restored - but patients are being warned it is not "business as usual". Restrictions put in place earlier in the Covid pandemic have been lifted, and ...

Soaring numbers of desperate Scots are being forced to perform 'DIY dentistry' at home using tools bought on the internet. Patients in chronic pain are treating themselves as they struggle to get a ...