Dental Health
(asked on 20th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people experiencing gum disease in the last 12 months for which information is available.
This question was answered on 28th November 2018
No information is available on the numbers of people with gum disease in the last 12 months. This information is usually collected every 10 years in the Adult Dental Health Survey. The last survey was carried out in 2009 when, in England, 54% of adults with any natural teeth had signs of gum disease.