Dental


Page last updated: 28-SEP-2006

Dental

Crowns

Crowns are provided where there is insufficient sound tooth tissue remaining to restore the tooth by means of a filling.

Crowns; year ending March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
             
No. of crowns 000's 122 125 113 111 106
             
Cost of crowns £000's 14,142 15,104 14,135 14,226 14,117
             
Item of service fees % 11.1 11.3 10.9 10.7 10.5
             
             
Crowns per 100 courses of treatment; year ending March   
            
    2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
             
Scotland   3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3
             
Argyll & Clyde   4.1 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.7
Ayrshire & Arran   3.3 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3
Borders   2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0
Dumfries & Galloway   3.0 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.4
Fife   3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8
             
Forth Valley   4.2 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.6
Grampian   2.4 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9
Greater Glasgow   4.6 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3
Highland   4.5 4.5 3.8 3.8 3.6
Lanarkshire   4.2 4.2 3.8 3.9 3.7
             
Lothian   3.3 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7
Orkney   4.2 4.9 11.8 2.5 0.0
Shetland   2.5 3.1 2.4 2.6 2.1
Tayside   3.9 3.8 3.3 3.1 3.0
Western Isles   4.5 3.3 4.0 2.9 4.1



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