Gum Diseases: Health Services
(asked on 2nd February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the NHS of treating (1) gingivitis, and (2) periodontitis, in the past three financial years.
In primary care, dentists do not claim for specific items of treatment, therefore no estimate has been made of the total cost to the National Health Service of treating gingivitis and/or periodontitis, in the past three financial years. However, the tables below show the total secondary care cost to the NHS for gingivitis in England and the total secondary care cost to the NHS for periodontitis in England. The data is derived from the linked Patient-Level Cost Information and Hospital Episode Statistics dataset, submitted annually as part of the National Cost Collection.
The following table shows the total secondary care cost to the NHS for gingivitis in England:
Year | Activity | Total cost (£) | Unit cost (£) |
2022/23 | 1,501 | 865,322 | 576 |
2023/24 | 2,198 | 1,318,544 | 600 |
2024/25 | 1,973 | 1,317,176 | 668 |
The following table shows the total secondary care cost to the NHS for periodontitis:
Year | Activity | Total cost (£) | Unit cost (£) |
2022/23 | 11,431 | 11,993,458 | 1,049 |
2023/24 | 13,964 | 13,558,966 | 971 |
2024/25 | 15,148 | 14,510,932 | 958 |