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NHS dentists in NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Ayrshire and Arran has 63 NHS dental practices, covering Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Troon, Prestwick and Arran. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 26 of them ended up with more patients than they started with.

Nobody publishes a national list of who’s taking new NHS patients. NHS Inform’s find a dentist tool shows you where they are but not whether they’ve got space, and it tells you to ring and ask. Some boards do put out their own list, NHS Tayside for one, so it’s worth checking your board’s site too.

What’s below is whether a practice’s list actually grew between December 2025 and March 2026, the two most recent counts published. One that was signing people up then is a better bet than one whose list shrank. It’s not a promise though. You still have to phone, and some of that growth will be existing patients re-registering rather than new ones.

One more thing worth knowing: these are net figures. A practice that registered 300 people and lost 200 shows up the same as one that quietly took on 100. It also can’t tell you how many a practice is able to take at once, or whether they do it steadily or in bursts when a new dentist starts. This is a shorter list to phone, not a way of avoiding the phoning.

Where a practice grew but its postcode area didn’t, that’s flagged underneath. It usually means another practice nearby closed or lost a dentist and the patients were moved across, so the list grew without anyone new getting on.

Practices that took people on

Biggest increase first, but don’t read too much into the order. A big jump is often a practice absorbing patients from one that closed, and it can mean they’re now stretched — one reader waited eight weeks for an appointment at a practice near the top of a list like this. A small rise still means somebody was getting registered, so the full list below is worth a look too.

  • Troon Dental Studio

    27 Barassie Street, Troon · KA10 6LX

    6,559 patients

    took on 388

  • Rooted Dental

    5 East Netherton Street, Kilmarnock · KA1 4AX

    13,874 patients

    took on 187

  • Main Street Dental Practice

    170 Main Street, Kilwinning · KA13 6EE

    6,002 patients

    took on 179

  • Mauchline Dental Surgery

    4 Kilmarnock Road, Mauchline · KA5 5DD

    4,684 patients

    took on 142

  • Three Towns Dental Care

    4 New Street, Stevenston · KA20 3HE

    5,642 patients

    took on 75

  • Kilwinning Dental Care

    145 Main Street, Kilwinning · KA13 6EQ

    2,845 patients

    took on 71

  • Corner Dental Practice

    1 Portland Road, Kilmarnock · KA1 2BT

    6,265 patients

    took on 67

  • Knockroon Dental Practice

    97 Auchinleck Road, Cumnock · KA18 1AN

    4,148 patients

    took on 61

  • Galston Dental Practice

    4-6 Church Lane, Galston · KA4 8HE

    10,657 patients

    took on 56

  • 27 Bradshaw Street

    Saltcoats · KA21 5HR

    2,647 patients

    took on 44

    but KA21 shrank overall

Every NHS practice in NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Grouped by town, largest practice first. A few of these aren’t places you can register at all — the list PHS publish includes prison dental services, orthodontists and oral surgeons who only take referrals, and clinics that are mostly private. Anywhere with only a handful of NHS patients is marked.

  • 27 Bradshaw Street

    Saltcoats · KA21 5HR

    2,647 patients

    took on 44

    but KA21 shrank overall

  • Ayr Dental Studio

    Boswell House, 10 Arthur Street, Ayr · KA7 1QU

    5,676 patients

    took on 2

    but KA7 shrank overall

  • B. A. Collins Dental Surgery

    1 Eglinton Road, Ardrossan · KA22 8LL

    4,552 patients

    list fell by 36

  • Ardrossan Dental Care

    31 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan · KA22 8EP

    3,941 patients

    list fell by 14

  • Sandgate Dentistry (Dbc)

    59/61 Sandgate, Ayr · KA7 1DA

    12,622 patients

    list fell by 79

  • Barns Dental Practice

    19 Barns Street, Ayr · KA7 1XB

    9,883 patients

    took on 4

    but KA7 shrank overall

  • Alloway Place Dental Practice

    1 Alloway Place, Ayr · KA7 2AA

    9,707 patients

    list fell by 95

  • Dental Services,Lower Ground Floor

    Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Rd, Ayr · KA6 6DX

    6,644 patients

    list fell by 1,079

  • Quadrant Dental Practice

    3 Barns Street, Ayr · KA7 1XB

    4,616 patients

    list fell by 31

  • K Ayr Dental

    34 New Road, Ayr · KA8 8EX

    2,739 patients

    list fell by 28

  • Andersson Dental Care

    14b Fullarton Street, Ayr · KA7 1UB

    2,058 patients

    took on 18

    but KA7 shrank overall

  • The Dental Clinic Ayr Ltd

    13 Miller Road, Ayr · KA7 2AX

    405 patients

    new this quarter

  • Dentistry With Care

    232 Prestwick Road, Ayr · KA8 8NW

    13 patients

    new this quarter

    probably not general practice

  • One Dental Care

    16 Wilson Street, Beith · KA15 2BG

    5,576 patients

    list fell by 26

  • Neo Dental

    19 Lugar Street, Cumnock · KA18 1AD

    5,735 patients

    list fell by 21

  • Knockroon Dental Practice

    97 Auchinleck Road, Cumnock · KA18 1AN

    4,148 patients

    took on 61

  • Cumnock Dental Practice

    Millbank Lane, Cumnock · KA18 1AB

    2,869 patients

    took on 28

  • One Dental Care

    42 New Street, Dalry · KA24 5AF

    4,621 patients

    list fell by 26

  • Storm Dental

    167 Main Street, Dreghorn · KA11 4AF

    5,192 patients

    list fell by 201

  • Drongan Dental Practice

    70 Mill Of Shields Road, Drongan · KA6 7AY

    1,526 patients

    list fell by 2

  • Galston Dental Practice

    4-6 Church Lane, Galston · KA4 8HE

    10,657 patients

    took on 56

  • Girvan Dental Surgery

    78 Dalrymple Street, Girvan · KA26 9BT

    6,838 patients

    list fell by 63

  • Hurlford Dental Practice

    2 Academy Street, Hurlford · KA1 5BU

    2,277 patients

    took on 2

  • Bank Street Dental Practice

    21 Bank Street, Irvine · KA12 0AJ

    18,660 patients

    list fell by 105

  • Seagate Dental Practice

    8 Seagate, Irvine · KA12 8RH

    10,759 patients

    list fell by 6

  • Truss Dental

    85 East Road, Irvine · KA12 0AA

    5,797 patients

    took on 24

    but KA12 shrank overall

  • McKinley Dental Practice

    79 High Street, Irvine · KA12 0AL

    2,728 patients

    list fell by 9

  • Irvine Dental Studio

    32 Bridgegate, Irvine · KA12 8BQ

    1,993 patients

    took on 16

    but KA12 shrank overall

  • Dentistry With Care

    3 Quarry Road, Irvine · KA12 0TE

    278 patients

    list fell by 11

  • Glenard House

    Brodick, Isle Of Arran · KA27 8DN

    651 patients

    took on 4

  • One Dental Care Kibirnie

    2 Kirkland Road, Kibirnie · KA25 6HS

    4,477 patients

    list fell by 11

  • Kilbirnie Dental Centre

    1 Bridgend, Kilbirnie · KA25 7DJ

    1,427 patients

    took on 13

    but KA25 only grew by 2

  • Portland Dental Practice

    13 Portland Road, Kilmarnock · KA1 2BT

    15,705 patients

    list fell by 44

  • Rooted Dental

    5 East Netherton Street, Kilmarnock · KA1 4AX

    13,874 patients

    took on 187

  • Kilmarnock Smile Studio

    77-79 King Street, Kilmarnock · KA1 1PT

    8,321 patients

    list fell by 13

  • Corner Dental Practice

    1 Portland Road, Kilmarnock · KA1 2BT

    6,265 patients

    took on 67

  • Craigie Road Dental Practice

    25 Craigie Road, Kilmarnock · KA1 4EE

    2,806 patients

    list fell by 28

  • Trinity Dental Care

    37 Bank Street, Kilmarnock · KA1 1ER

    2,595 patients

    list fell by 25

  • Main Street Dental Practice

    170 Main Street, Kilwinning · KA13 6EE

    6,002 patients

    took on 179

  • Abbeyview Dental Surgery

    4 Almswall Road, Kilwinning · KA13 6BN

    4,678 patients

    list fell by 24

  • Kilwinning Dental Care

    145 Main Street, Kilwinning · KA13 6EQ

    2,845 patients

    took on 71

  • Largs Dental Surgery Ltd

    46 Main Street, Largs · KA30 8AL

    8,279 patients

    list fell by 110

  • Largs Dental Care

    26 Wilson Street, Largs · KA30 9AQ

    4,886 patients

    list fell by 14

  • Largs Dental

    Suite 18-20 Aitken Street, Largs · KA30 8AU

    3,932 patients

    list fell by 12

  • Mauchline Dental Surgery

    4 Kilmarnock Road, Mauchline · KA5 5DD

    4,684 patients

    took on 142

  • Maybole Dental Practice

    40 High Steet, Maybole · KA19 7BZ

    10,446 patients

    took on 5

  • East Ayrshire Dental

    71 Main Street, Newmilns · KA16 9DG

    6,110 patients

    took on 11

  • Patna Resource Centre

    1 Doonside Avenue, Patna · KA6 7LX

    967 patients

    new this quarter

  • My Dentist

    Unit 12, 15 Portland Gate, Portland St., Kilmarnock · KA1 1JN

    9,827 patients

    list fell by 38

  • My Dentist

    140 Main Street, Prestwick · KA9 1PB

    10,305 patients

    list fell by 31

  • Netherfield Dental Practice

    55 Main Street, Prestwick · KA9 1JN

    7,699 patients

    list fell by 228

  • Three Towns Dental Care

    63-65 Dockhead Street, Saltcoats · KA21 5ED

    10,856 patients

    list fell by 131

  • The Dental Centre

    26/30 Countess Street, Saltcoats · KA21 5HW

    6,116 patients

    took on 24

    but KA21 shrank overall

  • Queens Court Dental Practice

    16 Queens Court, Sandgate · KA7 1LE

    10,097 patients

    list fell by 61

  • Stevenston Cross Dental

    14 Fullarton Place, Stevenston · KA20 3EH

    5,952 patients

    list fell by 22

  • Three Towns Dental Care

    4 New Street, Stevenston · KA20 3HE

    5,642 patients

    took on 75

  • Blair & Burnett

    15a High Street, Stewarton · KA3 5BP

    5,644 patients

    took on 24

  • Corsehill Dental Care

    17 Gilmour Street, Stewarton · KA3 5AZ

    5,357 patients

    list fell by 9

  • Troon Dental Studio

    27 Barassie Street, Troon · KA10 6LX

    6,559 patients

    took on 388

  • One Dental Care Troon

    93 Templehill, Troon · KA10 6BQ

    6,001 patients

    took on 6

  • Templehill Dental Practice

    37 Templehill, Troon · KA10 6BQ

    5,478 patients

    list fell by 12

  • South Beach Dental Surgery

    1 South Beach, Troon · KA10 6EF

    5,256 patients

    took on 12

  • Flossbar

    82a Portland Street, Troon · KA10 6QU

    12 patients

    took on 6

    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.

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