Research and analysis
Oral health survey of adults attending dental practices 2018
Results of the first dental health survey of people aged 16 years and over attending primary care dental practices for any reason.
Documents
Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1322
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Details
This report and tables provide the results of people aged 16 years and older who attended a primary care dental practice. This is the first oral health survey of this population group, therefore there is no directly comparable data to show trends.
There is also a report detailing the findings of a process evaluation of the methods used to deliver this survey.
Some results of adults attending general dental practices:
- 1% had none of their own teeth, 15% wore dentures and 10% had bridges or implants
- 82% had a functional dentition as they had 21 or more natural teeth
- 27% had tooth decay
- 90% had at least 1 filling, 47% had crowned teeth
- 53% had gingival (gum) bleeding
- 84% reported visiting a dentist in the last 12 months
Updates to this page
Published 16 June 2020