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NHS dentists in Edinburgh

There are 74 NHS dental practices in Edinburgh. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 34 of them ended up with more patients than they started with.

NHS Lothian 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 Lothian’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 Edinburgh

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.

  • Corstorphine Dental Care

    96 Saughton Road North · EH12 7JU

    17,921 patients

    took on 362

    but EH12 shrank overall

  • Craigmillar Dental Centre

    198 Peffermill Road · EH16 4AJ

    17,161 patients

    took on 11

  • Citrus Dental Care

    1 Meadow Place · EH9 1JZ

    16,596 patients

    took on 230

    but EH9 only grew by 110

  • Meadowbank Dental Practice

    15 Earlston Place · EH7 5SU

    15,364 patients

    list fell by 73

  • Prestonfield Bupa Dental Practice

    169-173 Dalkeith Road · EH16 5BY

    14,145 patients

    list fell by 46

  • Newkirkgate Dental Care

    2 Great Junction Street · EH6 5LA

    13,909 patients

    took on 253

  • West Side Dental Care

    Units 1-3 Westside Plaza · EH14 2SW

    12,834 patients

    took on 104

  • Earl Grey Dental Practice

    42 Earl Grey Street · EH3 9BN

    12,598 patients

    took on 112

  • Haymarket Dental Care

    3c Washington Lane · EH11 2HA

    12,183 patients

    list fell by 33

  • West Granton Dental Care

    3 Waterfront Broadway · EH5 1SA

    11,693 patients

    list fell by 21

  • 9 Bughtlin Market

    East Craigs · EH12 8XP

    11,555 patients

    took on 164

    but EH12 shrank overall

  • Riccarton Dental Practice

    Heriot Watt University · EH14 4AS

    11,545 patients

    took on 64

  • Vitality Dental

    5/3 Bristo Square · EH8 9AL

    11,184 patients

    took on 95

  • Your Dentist

    9-11 Clerk Street · EH8 9JH

    10,759 patients

    took on 171

  • Gorgie Dental

    296/1 Gorgie Road · EH11 2PP

    10,643 patients

    took on 216

    but EH11 shrank overall

  • Dental Express

    310-312 Portobello High St · EH15 2DA

    10,199 patients

    list fell by 40

  • (My) Dentist

    80/1b Commercial Quay · EH6 6LX

    9,337 patients

    list fell by 165

  • Southside Dental Care

    125 Mayfield Road · EH9 3AJ

    9,066 patients

    list fell by 37

  • Brite Dental Gilmerton

    536 Gilmerton Road · EH17 7JD

    8,703 patients

    list fell by 61

  • Be Dental Ltd

    Ocean Drive Centre,120 Ocean Dr. · EH6 6JG

    8,295 patients

    took on 2

  • 8 Pilrig Street

    Leith · EH6 5AQ

    8,171 patients

    list fell by 23

  • Shanks Dental Care Ltd

    55 Captains Road · EH17 8HP

    7,961 patients

    list fell by 30

  • E H Dental Care

    2 Roseburn Terrace · EH12 6AW

    7,792 patients

    took on 34

    but EH12 shrank overall

  • My Dentist

    2 MacMillan Square · EH4 4AB

    7,600 patients

    list fell by 38

  • City Health Clinic

    9 Earl Grey Street · EH3 9BN

    7,452 patients

    took on 151

  • My Dentist

    113 St John'S Road · EH12 7SB

    7,056 patients

    took on 66

    but EH12 shrank overall

  • University Dental Care

    6 Rankeillor Street · EH8 9HY

    6,555 patients

    list fell by 9

  • Frederick Street Dental Care

    57 Frederick Street · EH2 1LH

    6,520 patients

    took on 26

  • Barbour Dental Practice

    39 Mayfield Gardens · EH9 2BX

    6,373 patients

    took on 7

  • Eh10 Dental

    1 Millar Crescent · EH10 5HN

    6,088 patients

    list fell by 10

  • The Craigentinny Dental Health Centre

    57 Duddingston Crescent · EH15 3AY

    5,937 patients

    took on 90

  • Craiglockhart Clinic

    132 Colinton Road · EH14 1BY

    5,907 patients

    took on 6

  • Duddingston Park Implant & Dental Clinic

    23 Duddingston Park South · EH15 3NY

    5,850 patients

    took on 52

  • Montgomery Street Dental Care

    96 Montgomery Street · EH7 5HE

    5,802 patients

    list fell by 1

  • Duncan Street Dental Centre

    14-16 Duncan Street · EH9 1SR

    5,451 patients

    list fell by 356

  • 91 Corstorphine Road

    Murrayfield · EH12 5QE

    5,313 patients

    took on 24

    but EH12 shrank overall

  • 577 Lanark Road

    Juniper Green · EH14 5DB

    4,929 patients

    took on 29

  • Great Junction Dental Practice

    163 Great Junction Street · EH6 5LG

    4,750 patients

    took on 81

  • Lw Dental

    32 Haddington Place · EH7 4AG

    4,372 patients

    list fell by 31

  • Holyrood Dental Care

    85 Holyrood Road · EH8 8AU

    4,153 patients

    list fell by 17

  • 103 Dental & Implant Practice

    103 East London Street · EH7 4BF

    3,860 patients

    took on 500

  • The Cross Dental And Implant Centre

    78 Stenhouse Place East · EH11 3DQ

    3,505 patients

    list fell by 38

  • Edinburgh Dental

    59 Ratcliffe Terrace · EH9 1ST

    3,134 patients

    list fell by 35

  • Church Hill Dental Practice

    37-39 Morningside Road · EH10 4DR

    3,002 patients

    list fell by 10

  • 116 Ocean Drive

    Leith · EH6 6JG

    2,599 patients

    took on 36

  • Dental Surgery 2

    22 Brunton Place · EH7 5EJ

    1,831 patients

    list fell by 1

  • Ripple Dental

    48-50 Dundas Street · EH3 6JN

    1,690 patients

    took on 376

  • 21 Bridge Road

    Colinton · EH13 0LH

    1,549 patients

    list fell by 13

  • Barnton Dental Spa

    1b Parkgrove Street · EH4 7NS

    1,497 patients

    list fell by 7

  • Barron Dental

    23 -27 Ferry Road · EH6 4AD

    1,295 patients

    list fell by 3

  • Sciennes Dental Care

    61 Marchmont Road · EH9 1HT

    1,249 patients

    took on 320

    but EH9 only grew by 110

  • Sighthill Health Centre

    380 Calder Road · EH11 4AU

    1,118 patients

    list fell by 11

  • 26-28 Main Street

    Davidson Mains · EH4 5BY

    1,033 patients

    list fell by 15

  • Fairmilehead Dental Practice

    6 Oxgangs Road · EH10 7AU

    854 patients

    list fell by 8

  • Hope Park Dental Practice

    5 Hope Park Terrace · EH8 9LZ

    825 patients

    list fell by 10

  • 65 Main Street

    Davidson'S Mains · EH4 5AD

    791 patients

    list fell by 41

  • New Town Dental Practice

    4 Henderson Row · EH3 5DS

    785 patients

    list fell by 2

  • Bruntsfield Dental Ian Ollerhead

    226 Bruntsfield Place · EH10 4DE

    639 patients

    took on 1

  • Morningside Dental Care

    150 Morningside Road · EH10 4PX

    580 patients

    no change

  • Links Dental Practice

    101-103 Whitehouse Loan · EH9 1AT

    509 patients

    list fell by 32

  • The Trinity Dentist

    133 Granton Road · EH5 3NJ

    505 patients

    took on 5

    but EH5 shrank overall

  • Edinburgh Dental Studio

    6 Randolph Place · EH3 7TE

    462 patients

    took on 2

  • Barnton Dental

    461 Queensferry Road · EH4 7ND

    387 patients

    list fell by 5

  • Orthodontic Lounge

    100 The Jewel · EH15 3AR

    338 patients

    took on 187

    but EH15 only grew by 53

  • Haymarket Dental

    264 Morrison Street · EH3 8DT

    327 patients

    took on 2

  • West End Dental & Implant Practice

    24 Stafford Street · EH3 7BD

    275 patients

    new this quarter

  • Edinburgh Gums & Teeth

    37 Frederick Street · EH2 1EP

    241 patients

    list fell by 2

  • Ninetyfivedental

    95 Dundas Street · EH3 6SD

    234 patients

    list fell by 10

  • Cornerstone Smile

    50 St John'S Road · EH12 6PB

    221 patients

    took on 15

    but EH12 shrank overall

  • 18 Thirlestane Road

    Marchmont · EH9 1AN

    143 patients

    list fell by 4

    probably not general practice

  • Edinburgh Dental Clinic

    11-13 Victoria Quay, Ocean Terminal · EH6 6EZ

    118 patients

    new this quarter

    probably not general practice

  • Chalmers Dental Centre

    3 Chalmers Street · EH3 9EW

    65 patients

    took on 1

    probably not general practice

  • Fresh Faced Cosmetic Clinic

    42 Caledonian Crescent · EH11 2AG

    8 patients

    no change

    probably not general practice

  • Hmp Edinburgh

    33 Stenhouse Road · EH11 3LN

    0 patients

    no change

    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.

Edinburgh is covered by NHS Lothian, where you can see every practice in the board area.

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