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NHS dentists in NHS Highland

NHS Highland has 57 NHS dental practices, covering Inverness, Fort William, Oban, Wick, Thurso and Nairn. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 27 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.

  • Lets Smile Dental Care

    24 Bank Street, Inverness · IV1 1QU

    3,003 patients

    took on 198

  • 54a High Street

    Alness · IV17 0SG

    6,331 patients

    took on 192

  • Inverness Dental Clinic Ltd

    9 Castle Street, Inverness · IV2 3DX

    10,046 patients

    took on 114

    but IV2 shrank overall

  • Oban Dental And Implant Centre

    Cawdor Pl., Shore St., Oban · PA34 4LQ

    6,795 patients

    took on 109

    but PA34 only grew by 28

  • Union Street Dental

    11 Union Street, Lochgilphead · PA31 8JS

    5,621 patients

    took on 66

  • Dunlop And Humphreys Dental Surgery

    4 Sinclair Street, Helensburgh · G84 8SU

    10,240 patients

    took on 60

    but G84 shrank overall

  • Culloden Dental Care

    Health Centre, Keppoch Rd, Culloden · IV2 7LL

    5,770 patients

    took on 54

    but IV2 shrank overall

  • Dornoch Dental Surgery

    Eaglefield Road, Dornoch · IV25 3SU

    2,599 patients

    took on 32

  • Kingussie Dental

    Gynack Street, Kingussie · PH21 1EL

    1,327 patients

    took on 31

  • Ros An Iar Dental Practice

    Lochalsh Health Centre, Station Rd, Kyle Of Lochalsh · IV40 8AE

    2,478 patients

    took on 30

Every NHS practice in NHS Highland

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.

  • 54a High Street

    Alness · IV17 0SG

    6,331 patients

    took on 192

  • 21 Kingsmills Road

    Inverness · IV2 3JX

    5,930 patients

    took on 23

    but IV2 shrank overall

  • Pds Dental Clinic Helensburgh

    Victoria Integrated Care Centre, 93 East King St, Helensburgh · G84 7BU

    5,743 patients

    list fell by 50

  • Aviemore Dental & Implant Clinic

    Craig-Na-Gower Avenue, Aviemore · PH22 1RW

    6,597 patients

    list fell by 25

  • Your Perfect Smile Dental Clinic

    6 Granish Way, Aviemore · PH22 1UQ

    15 patients

    no change

    probably not general practice

  • Islay And Jura Dental Practice

    12 Shore Street, Bowmore · PA43 7LB

    3,920 patients

    took on 19

  • Dalriada Dental Practice

    Campbeltown Dental Centre,Ralston Rd, Campeltown · PA28 6LE

    5,202 patients

    took on 7

  • Castle House Dental Practice

    Fairways Business Park, Castle Heather Inverness · IV2 6AA

    2,149 patients

    list fell by 13

  • Culloden Dental Care

    Health Centre, Keppoch Rd, Culloden · IV2 7LL

    5,770 patients

    took on 54

    but IV2 shrank overall

  • Inchvannie House Dental Clinic

    Inchvannie Court, Dingwall · IV15 9SE

    17,056 patients

    list fell by 30

  • McIntyre,Corbet&Associates

    52 High Street, Dingwall · IV15 9HL

    60 patients

    took on 19

    but IV15 shrank overall

    probably not general practice

  • T/A Bupa Dental Care

    Lockhart House, Tulloch Street, Dingwall · IV15 9JY

    9 patients

    list fell by 1

    probably not general practice

  • Dornoch Dental Surgery

    Eaglefield Road, Dornoch · IV25 3SU

    2,599 patients

    took on 32

  • The Hollies Dental Practice

    143 Alexandra Parade, Dunoon · PA23 8AW

    310 patients

    list fell by 2

  • Argyll Smile Dental Care

    1 Marine Parade, Kirn, Dunoon, Argyll · PA23 8HE

    845 patients

    list fell by 1

  • M&S Dental Care

    Glen Nevis Place, Fort William · PH33 6DA

    15,815 patients

    took on 5

  • Glencoe Dental Centre

    Lorn Drive, Glencoe · PH49 4HP

    3,628 patients

    took on 8

  • Oban Dental Access Centre

    Lorn&Islands Hospital, Glengallan Rd., Oban · PA34 4HH

    5,566 patients

    list fell by 4

  • Adc Golspie Practice

    Golspie Ind. Estate, Unit 11, Golspie · KW10 6RN

    3,593 patients

    took on 9

  • Your Perfect Smile Dental Clinic

    Grant Arms Cottage,The Square, Grantown On Spey · PH26 3HF

    64 patients

    no change

    probably not general practice

  • Dunlop And Humphreys Dental Surgery

    4 Sinclair Street, Helensburgh · G84 8SU

    10,240 patients

    took on 60

    but G84 shrank overall

  • Helensburgh Dental Practice

    70-72 West Princes Street, Helensburgh · G84 8UG

    5,741 patients

    list fell by 45

  • Clyde View Dental & Implant Centre

    87 West Clyde Street, Helensburgh · G84 8BB

    5,115 patients

    list fell by 20

  • Sp Dental Care

    11 Millig Street, Helensburgh · G84 9LA

    846 patients

    no change

  • Easter Ross Dental Care

    Albany Road, Invergordon · IV18 0HA

    8,423 patients

    list fell by 21

  • Invergordon Dental Practice

    108a High Street, Invergordon · IV18 0DR

    1,082 patients

    list fell by 13

  • Dental Dept. Assynt House

    Beechwood Park, Inverness · IV2 3BW

    19,201 patients

    list fell by 402

  • Inverness Dental Clinic Ltd

    9 Castle Street, Inverness · IV2 3DX

    10,046 patients

    took on 114

    but IV2 shrank overall

  • Torwood Dental Practice

    4 Kenneth Street, Inverness · IV3 5NR

    7,583 patients

    list fell by 174

  • Evolution Dental Practice

    27 Wells Street, Inverness · IV3 5JU

    6,544 patients

    list fell by 33

  • T/A Bupa Dental Care

    Stoneyfield Business Park, Inverness · IV2 7PA

    5,300 patients

    list fell by 57

  • T/A Bupa Dental Care, Hazel House

    Stoneyfield Business Park, Inverness · IV2 7PA

    5,052 patients

    list fell by 73

  • Inshes Dental Centre

    3 Cradlehall Court, Inverness · IV2 5WD

    4,449 patients

    list fell by 40

  • Lets Smile Dental Care

    24 Bank Street, Inverness · IV1 1QU

    3,003 patients

    took on 198

  • One Dental Practice

    1 Montague Row, Inverness · IV3 5DX

    2,983 patients

    list fell by 7

  • Ness Bank Dental Practice

    6 Ness Bank, Inverness · IV2 4SF

    2,234 patients

    took on 12

    but IV2 shrank overall

  • Croy Dental

    1 MacKinnon Drive, Inverness · IV2 5PD

    1,547 patients

    took on 29

    but IV2 shrank overall

  • Union Street Dental Centre

    19 Union Street, Inverness · IV1 1PP

    1,076 patients

    took on 8

  • Eden Dental Clinic

    12 Bishops Road, Inverness · IV3 5SD

    789 patients

    took on 3

    but IV3 shrank overall

  • Southside Private Oral Surgery

    28 Southside Road, Inverness · IV2 3BG

    6 patients

    list fell by 1

    probably not general practice

  • Kingussie Dental

    Gynack Street, Kingussie · PH21 1EL

    1,327 patients

    took on 31

  • Ros An Iar Dental Practice

    Lochalsh Health Centre, Station Rd, Kyle Of Lochalsh · IV40 8AE

    2,478 patients

    took on 30

  • Union Street Dental

    11 Union Street, Lochgilphead · PA31 8JS

    5,621 patients

    took on 66

  • North Kessock Dental Practice

    Mission Hall, Main Street, North Kessock · IV1 3XN

    1,116 patients

    list fell by 2

  • Glenridding Dental Practice

    4a Albert Street, Nairn · IV12 4HP

    5,391 patients

    no change

  • Windsor House Dental Practice Ltd

    7 High Street, Nairn · IV12 4AG

    1,041 patients

    took on 3

  • Oban Dental And Implant Centre

    Cawdor Pl., Shore St., Oban · PA34 4LQ

    6,795 patients

    took on 109

    but PA34 only grew by 28

  • Oban Dental Care

    17 Lochside Street, Oban · PA34 4HP

    5,198 patients

    list fell by 77

  • Dunbar Dental Clinic

    Dunbar Hospital, Ormlie Rd, Thurso · KW14 7XE

    5,342 patients

    list fell by 32

  • Portree Dental Care

    Sraid An Eorna, Portree, Isle Of Skye · IV51 9TU

    8,588 patients

    took on 3

  • Bute Dental Surgery

    14-16 West Princes Street, Rothesay · PA20 9AF

    3,515 patients

    took on 6

  • Tain Dental Care

    Tain Health Centre, Craighill Terrace, Tain · IV19 1EU

    5,541 patients

    list fell by 17

  • Tarbert Dental

    Harbour Street, Tarbert · PA29 6UB

    5,157 patients

    list fell by 19

  • Ormlie Hill Dental Clinic

    Ormlie Hill, Thurso · KW14 7DY

    5,050 patients

    list fell by 1

  • Bridgend Health Care Centre

    5 Sir George Street, Thurso · KW14 7AW

    184 patients

    took on 8

    but KW14 shrank overall

    probably not general practice

  • Wick Dental Practice

    Unit 8, Wick Business Park, Wick · KW1 4QR

    6,025 patients

    took on 12

  • The Bridges Dental Clinic

    The Bridges,5-9 Back Bridge St, Wick · KW1 4AH

    4,303 patients

    took on 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.

NHS dentists at other health boards

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