Accredited official statistics

Adult oral health survey 2023

A report on the findings of the 2023 adult oral health survey.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 9 December 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Report summary

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Self-reported health and oral impacts

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Clinical oral health

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Conditions potentially requiring urgent care

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Oral health-related behaviours

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Service use and barriers to accessing care

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Data quality statement

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Technical report

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Pre-release access list: adult oral health survey 2023

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Data tables: self-reported health and oral impacts

ODS, 54.5 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Data tables: clinical oral health

ODS, 108 KB

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Data tables: conditions potentially requiring urgent care

ODS, 37.7 KB

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Data tables: oral health-related behaviours

ODS, 57.2 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Data tables: service use and barriers to accessing care

ODS, 80.4 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

This survey was designed as a continuation of the long-running adult dental health surveys, carried out in the United Kingdom since 1968. The current release only applies to England.

This survey release includes data on the:

• clinical examination of respondents’ teeth and mouth
• impacts of oral health
• usual patterns of dental attendance
• oral health-related behaviours

The survey was carried out between June 2023 and April 2024 with a representative sample of adults aged 16 years and over.

Published 9 December 2025