General Dental Services Statistics
Information detailed below is derived from the FPS dental payment system. It includes all health service dental treatments carried out in Northern Ireland through the General Dental Services Regulations that are submitted by general dental practitioners to the BSO for payment. This information does not include any dental treatments delivered by Trust based dental services or any treatments carried out privately by health service dentists.
Responsible Statistician:
Jennifer McCrea
Jennifer.McCrea@hscni.net
Current Publication
Date published: 23rd June 2022
Date of next release: June 2023
If you have issues accessing the information it can also be found on the gov.uk site.
Presents information on dental activity carried out by general dental practitioners in Northern Ireland. It details information on the number of general dental practitioners in Northern Ireland along with the number of registered patients and the treatments carried out and submitted to BSO for payment.
Quarterly Dental Statistics
Date published: 26th January 2023
Date of next release: June 2023
If you have issues accessing the information it can also be found on the gov.uk site.
This quarterly series is a subset of the annual information with data provided for selected key tables. The quarterly updates within a year should be treated as provisional and may be revised when figures are finalised to produce the end of year annual report.
FPS Dental Key Facts: To QE December 2022
 FPS General Dental Services Statistics: To QE December 2022 |
General Dental Services (GDS) Research Reports
Other GDS research reports that are not classed as Official Statistics can be found by clicking here.
Quality Documentation
Listed below are various documents to support the publication of FPS Dental Statistics.
FPS Dental Background Quality Report
FPS Dental Quality Assurance of Administrative Data Report
Interactive Maps and Charts
We have capability of providing mapping and interactive analysis within the unit. Below examples have been produced using R Studio. These examples open in a separate browser window, they may take a while to load on certain browsers.
2021/22
- Registration Rates by SOA
- Treatments on Children by SOA
- Treatments on Adults by SOA
- Distance to Nearest Dentist
2020/21
- Registration Rates by SOA
- Treatments on Children by SOA
- Treatments on Adults by SOA
- Distance to Nearest Dentist
2019/20
2018/19
Previous publications:
Previous publications for 2017/18 - 2020/21 can be found here.