NHS dentists in NHS Dumfries and Galloway

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has 29 NHS dental practices, covering Dumfries, Stranraer, Annan, Castle Douglas and Lockerbie. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 10 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.

Great Kings Dental
7 Great King Street, Dumfries · DG1 1BA
8,956 patients
took on 3,134
Lockerbie Dental
80 High Street, Lockerbie · DG11 2EU
12,342 patients
took on 259
Orthodontic Lounge
3 Loreburne Shopping Centre, Dumfries · DG1 2BL
3,978 patients
took on 205
Dg Smile
48 Whitesands, Dumfries · DG1 2RS
4,939 patients
took on 148
Moffat Dental Practice
Causeway Street, Moffat · DG10 9DN
5,423 patients
took on 44
Lockerbie Dental Surgery
134 High Street, Lockerbie · DG11 2BX
1,269 patients
took on 43
47 Bank Street
Dumfries · DG1 2PA
3,750 patients
took on 37
McLean Dental
16 High Street, Lochmaben · DG11 1NH
2,517 patients
took on 6
Dental Bees Dumfries
124 Queensberry Street, Dumfries · DG1 1BU
79 patients
took on 3
probably not general practice
Hmp Dumfries
Terregles Street, Dumfries · DG2 9AX
51 patients
took on 1
but DG2 shrank overall
probably not general practice

Every NHS practice in NHS Dumfries and Galloway

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.

2 Princes Street
Newton Stewart · DG8 6EX
8,347 patients
list fell by 5
18/20 Church Street
Annan · DG12 6DS
3,815 patients
list fell by 99
47 Bank Street
Dumfries · DG1 2PA
3,750 patients
took on 37
96 Glasgow Street
Dumfries · DG2 9DE
825 patients
list fell by 65
26 Castle Street
Dumfries · DG1 1DU
282 patients
list fell by 8
Gunning Dental
104 High Street, Annan · DG12 6DW
5,143 patients
list fell by 5
Annan Dental Practice Ltd
3 Bank Street, Annan · DG12 6AA
3,417 patients
list fell by 34
Dental Bees
1 St Andrew Street, Castle Douglas · DG7 1DE
1,679 patients
list fell by 71
Birch Valley Dental Clinic
273 High Street, Dalbeattie · DG5 4DW
5,503 patients
list fell by 9
Great Kings Dental
7 Great King Street, Dumfries · DG1 1BA
8,956 patients
took on 3,134
Dg Smile
48 Whitesands, Dumfries · DG1 2RS
4,939 patients
took on 148
Orthodontic Lounge
3 Loreburne Shopping Centre, Dumfries · DG1 2BL
3,978 patients
took on 205
The Blue Door Nhs Family Dp
22 Castle Street, Dumfries · DG1 1DR
3,240 patients
list fell by 6
Dumfries Dental Centre
Bankend Road, Dumfries · DG1 4AP
2,405 patients
list fell by 1
Sdc Clinics Ltd
195 High Street, Dumfries · DG1 2QT
1,474 patients
list fell by 15
2 Church Court
Castle Street, Dumfries · DG1 1DE
829 patients
list fell by 4
Nith Place Dental Practice
5-7 Nith Place, Dumfries · DG1 2PL
689 patients
list fell by 1
Dental Bees Dumfries
124 Queensberry Street, Dumfries · DG1 1BU
79 patients
took on 3
probably not general practice
Hmp Dumfries
Terregles Street, Dumfries · DG2 9AX
51 patients
took on 1
but DG2 shrank overall
probably not general practice
Gretna Dental Practice
139-141 Central Avenue, Gretna · DG16 5AQ
708 patients
list fell by 58
Kirkcudbright Dental Surgery
Leslie House,50 St Cuthbert St., Kirkcudbright · DG6 4DZ
2,533 patients
list fell by 10
McLean Dental
16 High Street, Lochmaben · DG11 1NH
2,517 patients
took on 6
Lockerbie Dental
80 High Street, Lockerbie · DG11 2EU
12,342 patients
took on 259
Lockerbie Dental Surgery
134 High Street, Lockerbie · DG11 2BX
1,269 patients
took on 43
Moffat Dental Practice
Causeway Street, Moffat · DG10 9DN
5,423 patients
took on 44
(My) Dentist
37 Lewis Street, Stranraer · DG9 7AB
4,915 patients
list fell by 328
South West Smile Care Centre
34 Bridge Street, Stranraer · DG9 7JF
4,815 patients
list fell by 88
Lewis Dentistry
Lewis Taylor House, 6 Lewis Street, Stranraer · DG9 7AA
864 patients
list fell by 38
Thornhill Dental Practice
45 Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill · DG3 5LJ
723 patients
list fell by 21

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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