Question follow-through · 101183

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has considered replacing the routine six-monthly dental check-up with a system based on individual clinical need.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 17 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 5 Jan 2026
Answer: 5 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has considered replacing the routine six-monthly dental check-up with a system based on individual clinical need.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Patients should be recalled based on their clinical need. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on recall intervals states that a healthy adult with good oral health should see a dentist once every two years, and a child on...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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