Published Date:
27 May 2009
THE percentage of adults registered with an NHS dentist has risen by almost 20 per cent in a year, figures show.
By December last year, 2,427,910 people were registered with a dentist – 59.3 per cent of all adults in Scotland.
The figure is up by 18 per cent from December 2007, when 50.7 per cent of adults were registered.
A total of 824,785 under-18s were registered by December last year – 78.7 per cent of all children. That compares with 71.7 per cent of children registered with an NHS dentist in December 2007.
The full article contains 105 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
26 May 2009 9:28 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
NHS Dentistry
