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Dental Services: Temporomandibular Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on how to support individuals who develop temporomandibular disorder as a result of orthodontic treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
22 Apr 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on how to support individuals who develop temporomandibular disorder as a result of orthodontic treatment.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Information is not held centrally on the number of people with temporomandibular disorder linked to orthodontic treatment.More widely, the Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a r...

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