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NHS dentists in NHS Fife

NHS Fife has 57 NHS dental practices, covering Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, St Andrews and Cupar. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 19 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.

  • Banbeath Smile Centre

    1 Banbeath Court, Leven · KY8 5GY

    2,771 patients

    took on 1,731

  • Black And Brown Dental

    Unit 4a, Pittsburgh Retail Park, Dunfermline · KY11 8DX

    3,502 patients

    took on 862

  • The West Wing

    32 Maygate, Dunfermline · KY12 7NH

    1,292 patients

    took on 737

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • Regent Dental Practice

    7 Bay Centre Regent Way, Dalgety Bay · KY11 9UY

    6,748 patients

    took on 530

  • Canmore Dental Lochgelly

    126-128 Main Street, Lochgelly · KY5 9AA

    4,837 patients

    took on 121

  • Bonnygate Dental Practice

    98 Bonnygate, Cupar, Fife · KY15 4LB

    8,446 patients

    took on 102

    but KY15 only grew by 16

  • Canmore Dental Dunfermline

    8 Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline · KY12 7PD

    9,460 patients

    took on 85

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • Charlotte Dental Practice

    1 Charlotte Street, Kirkcaldy · KY1 1RN

    9,349 patients

    took on 84

    but KY1 shrank overall

  • Oakley Dental Practice

    The Health Centre, Wardlaw Way, Oakley · KY12 9QH

    5,432 patients

    took on 66

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • East Wing Surgery

    32 Maygate, Dunfermline · KY12 7NH

    5,472 patients

    took on 25

    but KY12 shrank overall

Every NHS practice in NHS Fife

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.

  • East Neuk Dental Practice

    9 East Shore, Anstruther · KY10 3AB

    6,045 patients

    took on 12

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    23 Back Dykes, Auchtermuchty, Fife · KY14 7AB

    2,733 patients

    took on 5

  • Buckhaven Dental Practice

    2 Brown Street, Buckhaven, Fife · KY8 1JW

    4,025 patients

    list fell by 127

  • Helen MacDonald Dental Practice

    100 Somerville Street, Burntisland, Fife · KY3 9DH

    2,275 patients

    list fell by 8

  • Breeze Family Dental Cardenden

    154 Station Street, Cardenden · KY5 0BL

    1,746 patients

    list fell by 17

  • Breeze Family Dental Cowdenbeath

    1 Foulford Street, Cowdenbeath · KY4 9NB

    6,546 patients

    list fell by 393

  • Bonnygate Dental Practice

    98 Bonnygate, Cupar, Fife · KY15 4LB

    8,446 patients

    took on 102

    but KY15 only grew by 16

  • Prodental

    12 Crossgate, Cupar, Fife · KY15 5HH

    6,195 patients

    list fell by 9

  • Eden Dental Care

    34 Crossgate, Cupar, Fife · KY15 5HH

    2,706 patients

    list fell by 13

  • The Cupar Dentist

    7 Castle Street, Cupar, Fife · KY15 4AU

    2,176 patients

    list fell by 64

  • Regent Dental Practice

    7 Bay Centre Regent Way, Dalgety Bay · KY11 9UY

    6,748 patients

    took on 530

  • Dalgety Bay Dental Practice

    7 Moray Way North, Dalgety Bay · KY11 9NH

    2,802 patients

    list fell by 78

  • Canmore Dental Dunfermline

    8 Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline · KY12 7PD

    9,460 patients

    took on 85

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • Lorne House Practice Ltd

    East Port, Dunfermline · KY12 7JB

    7,720 patients

    took on 13

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • East Wing Surgery

    32 Maygate, Dunfermline · KY12 7NH

    5,472 patients

    took on 25

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • Hayes Dental Practice

    38 Canmore Street, Dunfermline · KY12 7NT

    4,713 patients

    list fell by 11

  • Black And Brown Dental

    Unit 4a, Pittsburgh Retail Park, Dunfermline · KY11 8DX

    3,502 patients

    took on 862

  • Chong Kwan 6a High Str

    6a High Street, Dunfermline · KY12 7AR

    2,004 patients

    list fell by 764

  • The West Wing

    32 Maygate, Dunfermline · KY12 7NH

    1,292 patients

    took on 737

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • Gentle Dental Care

    32 Canmore Street, Dunfermline · KY12 7NT

    885 patients

    list fell by 9

  • Comely Park Dental Practice

    15 Comely Park, Dunfermline · KY12 7HU

    351 patients

    list fell by 11

  • Park Avenue Dental Practice

    16 Park Avenue, Dunfermline · KY12 7HX

    335 patients

    list fell by 7

  • Dentistry @ No 3

    3 Comely Park, Dunfermline · KY12 7HU

    241 patients

    list fell by 3

  • Dentistry@Century House

    Century House, 45 East Port, Dunfermline · KY12 7JA

    237 patients

    list fell by 12

  • The Linden Tree Dental Lounge

    3 George Square, Castle Brae, Dunfermline · KY11 8QF

    187 patients

    took on 2

    probably not general practice

  • Linburn Dental Practice

    124 Nith Street, Dunfermline Fife · KY11 4LT

    24,239 patients

    list fell by 64

  • New Row Dental Practice

    16 New Row, Dunfermline Fife · KY12 7EF

    22,616 patients

    list fell by 306

  • Public Dental Service

    Fife Council, Bankhead Park, Glenrothes · KY7 6GH

    18,421 patients

    list fell by 950

  • North Street Dental Practice

    4 North Street, Glenrothes · KY7 5NA

    3,314 patients

    took on 4

    but KY7 shrank overall

  • Saltire Dental Practice

    15 Jubilee House,Pentland Park, Glenrothes · KY6 2AH

    3,154 patients

    list fell by 99

  • Ky Dental Studio 1

    24/26 Lyon Way Kingdom Shopping Centre, Glenrothes · KY7 5NN

    550 patients

    new this quarter

  • Bupa Dental Care

    11 Culzean Place, Glenrothes Fife · KY7 4RX

    4,576 patients

    list fell by 46

  • Balbirnie Oral Care Ltd

    Balbirnie Road, Glenrothes, Fife · KY7 5ED

    0 patients

    no change

    probably not general practice

  • High Valleyfield Dental Clinic

    Chapel Street, High Valleyfield · KY12 8SJ

    2,060 patients

    list fell by 14

  • Pickering Dental Care

    111 High Street, Inverkeithing · KY11 1NW

    2,824 patients

    list fell by 2

  • Kelty Dental Practice

    74/76 Main Street, Kelty, Fife · KY4 0AE

    6,742 patients

    list fell by 807

  • Kincardine Dental Practice

    10 High Street, Kincardine · FK10 4RJ

    2,958 patients

    list fell by 4

  • Templehall Dental Practice

    Beauly Place, Kirkcaldy · KY2 6EX

    36,524 patients

    list fell by 11

  • Charlotte Dental Practice

    1 Charlotte Street, Kirkcaldy · KY1 1RN

    9,349 patients

    took on 84

    but KY1 shrank overall

  • Viceroy Street Dental Practice

    4 Viceroy Street, Kirkcaldy · KY2 5HT

    3,312 patients

    list fell by 4

  • Park Road Dental Practice

    5 Park Road, Kirkcaldy · KY1 3EL

    2,532 patients

    list fell by 31

  • Redburn Dental

    1-7 Redburn Wynd, Kirkcaldy · KY1 1HZ

    1,107 patients

    list fell by 74

  • Oasis Dental Care T/A Bupa Dental Care

    St Andrews Comm. Hospital, Largo Rd, St Andrews · KY16 8AR

    12,982 patients

    list fell by 67

  • Leslie Meadows Dental Care

    Anderson Drive, Leslie, Fife · KY6 3LG

    7,506 patients

    took on 1

    but KY6 shrank overall

  • Levenmouth Dental Spa

    46 Commercial Road, Leven · KY8 4LA

    7,474 patients

    list fell by 87

  • Banbeath Smile Centre

    1 Banbeath Court, Leven · KY8 5GY

    2,771 patients

    took on 1,731

  • Canmore Dental Lochgelly

    126-128 Main Street, Lochgelly · KY5 9AA

    4,837 patients

    took on 121

  • Rosewell Dental Clinic

    2 Ballingry Road, Lochore · KY5 8EX

    3,176 patients

    list fell by 21

  • Kirkland Dental Practice

    240 Methil Brae, Methil Fife · KY8 2EY

    14,942 patients

    list fell by 37

  • Dental Plus

    26 Union Street, Newport On Tay · DD6 8BG

    5,948 patients

    list fell by 30

  • Oakley Dental Practice

    The Health Centre, Wardlaw Way, Oakley · KY12 9QH

    5,432 patients

    took on 66

    but KY12 shrank overall

  • Chong Kwan Rosyth

    122 Queensferry Road, Rosyth · KY11 2QZ

    3,248 patients

    list fell by 33

  • Rosyth Dental Care

    103 Queensferry Road, Rosyth · KY11 2PS

    2,870 patients

    list fell by 253

  • Smile Dental Clinic St Andrews

    106 South Street, St Andrews · KY16 9QD

    6,024 patients

    list fell by 18

  • Gentle Dental Care

    85 South Street, St Andrews, Fife · KY16 9QW

    394 patients

    took on 8

    but KY16 shrank overall

  • St Andrews Dental Care

    2 Lockhart Place, St Andrews, Fife · KY16 9XB

    89 patients

    took on 3

    but KY16 shrank overall

    probably not general practice

  • Tayport Dental Practice

    13 Castle Street, Tayport · DD6 9AE

    447 patients

    took on 6

    but DD6 shrank overall

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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