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NHS dentists in Kilmarnock

There are 6 NHS dental practices in Kilmarnock. 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 Kilmarnock

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.

  • Portland Dental Practice

    13 Portland Road · KA1 2BT

    15,705 patients

    list fell by 44

  • Rooted Dental

    5 East Netherton Street · KA1 4AX

    13,874 patients

    took on 187

  • Kilmarnock Smile Studio

    77-79 King Street · KA1 1PT

    8,321 patients

    list fell by 13

  • Corner Dental Practice

    1 Portland Road · KA1 2BT

    6,265 patients

    took on 67

  • Craigie Road Dental Practice

    25 Craigie Road · KA1 4EE

    2,806 patients

    list fell by 28

  • Trinity Dental Care

    37 Bank Street · KA1 1ER

    2,595 patients

    list fell by 25

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 Practices close and change hands between publications, so some of this will be out of date.

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

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