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NHS dentists in Ayr

There are 9 NHS dental practices in Ayr. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 2 of them ended up with more patients than they started with.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran publishes its own list, and it’s better than this page

They ask practices directly and update it regularly, so it tells you who’s open now rather than who was registering people months ago. Start there.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s list of practices taking NHS patients

Nobody publishes a national list of who’s taking new NHS patients. NHS Inform’s dental directory lists every practice but doesn’t say whether any of them have space. Some practices also take children on but not adults, which these figures can’t distinguish.

What’s below is whether a practice’s list actually grew between December 2025 and March 2026. One that was signing people up then is a better bet than one whose list shrank, but it’s not a promise — these are net figures, so a practice that registered 300 and lost 200 looks like one that quietly took on 100. It’s a shorter list to phone, not a way of avoiding the phoning.

Every NHS practice in Ayr

Largest first. Where a practice grew but its postcode area didn’t, that’s flagged — it usually means another practice nearby closed and the patients were moved across, so the list grew without anyone new getting on.

  • Sandgate Dentistry (Dbc)

    59/61 Sandgate · KA7 1DA

    12,622 patients

    list fell by 79

  • Barns Dental Practice

    19 Barns Street · KA7 1XB

    9,883 patients

    took on 4

    but KA7 shrank overall

  • Alloway Place Dental Practice

    1 Alloway Place · KA7 2AA

    9,707 patients

    list fell by 95

  • Dental Services,Lower Ground Floor

    Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Rd · KA6 6DX

    6,644 patients

    list fell by 1,079

  • Quadrant Dental Practice

    3 Barns Street · KA7 1XB

    4,616 patients

    list fell by 31

  • K Ayr Dental

    34 New Road · KA8 8EX

    2,739 patients

    list fell by 28

  • Andersson Dental Care

    14b Fullarton Street · KA7 1UB

    2,058 patients

    took on 18

    but KA7 shrank overall

  • The Dental Clinic Ayr Ltd

    13 Miller Road · KA7 2AX

    405 patients

    new this quarter

  • Dentistry With Care

    232 Prestwick Road · KA8 8NW

    13 patients

    new this quarter

    probably not general practice

Addresses and patient numbers come from Public Health Scotland’s Dental Practices and Patient Registrations dataset, March 2026 against December 2025. Practices close and change hands between publications, so some of this will be out of date.

Ayr is covered by NHS Ayrshire and Arran, where you can see every practice in the board area.

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