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NHS dentists in NHS Tayside

NHS Tayside has 72 NHS dental practices, covering Dundee, Perth, Arbroath, Forfar and Montrose. Between December 2025 and March 2026, 35 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.

  • Apex Dental Spa

    40 Braes Of Gray Road, Dykes Of Gray, Dundee · DD2 5FQ

    1,232 patients

    took on 594

  • 196 Brook Street

    Broughty Ferry, Dundee · DD5 2AH

    7,197 patients

    took on 584

  • Forfar Dental Care

    83 Castle Street, Forfar · DD8 3AG

    5,255 patients

    took on 384

  • Park Avenue Dental Care

    18 Park Avenue, Dundee · DD4 6PP

    7,009 patients

    took on 206

  • Castle Street Dental

    92 Castle Street, Forfar · DD8 3AA

    11,410 patients

    took on 205

  • Caledonian Dental Care

    45 York Place, Perth · PH2 8EH

    20,126 patients

    took on 157

  • The Perth Dental Centre

    17-21 York Place, Perth · PH2 8EP

    6,684 patients

    took on 116

  • Kw Dental

    336 Clepington Road, Dundee · DD3 8RZ

    8,234 patients

    took on 100

    but DD3 only grew by 45

  • 1st Floor

    21 Albert Square, Dundee · DD1 1DJ

    1,828 patients

    took on 99

    but DD1 only grew by 38

  • Balhousie Dental Practice

    10 Balhousie Street, Perth · PH1 5HJ

    5,957 patients

    took on 95

    but PH1 shrank overall

Every NHS practice in NHS Tayside

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.

  • 134 Albert Street

    Dundee · DD4 6QN

    6,484 patients

    took on 55

  • 38 Whitehall Street

    Dundee · DD1 4AF

    4,729 patients

    list fell by 19

  • 82 Main Street

    Invergowrie · DD2 5AA

    4,092 patients

    took on 2

  • 53 John Street

    Montrose · DD10 8LZ

    4,007 patients

    list fell by 21

  • 75 High Street

    Kinross · KY13 8AA

    2,781 patients

    took on 1

  • 143 Kingsway East

    Dundee · DD4 8BX

    1,979 patients

    list fell by 56

  • 26 Union Street (Downstairs)

    Dundee · DD1 4BE

    732 patients

    took on 2

  • Anderson Dentistry

    The Crown, 10 Bank Street, Aberfeldy · PH15 2BB

    262 patients

    took on 3

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    20 Commercial Street, Alyth · PH11 8AF

    3,030 patients

    took on 2

  • 121 High Street

    Arbroath, Angus · DD11 1DP

    5,401 patients

    list fell by 727

  • R And Pm Thomson

    1 Castle Street, Brechin, Angus · DD9 6JW

    2,947 patients

    list fell by 1

  • 30 Keptie Street

    Arbroath, Angus · DD11 3AF

    1,122 patients

    took on 17

    but DD11 shrank overall

  • Ian Robertson Dental Care

    10 Brothock Bridge, Arbroath · DD11 1NG

    8,842 patients

    took on 16

    but DD11 shrank overall

  • No 80 Dental Practice

    80 Keptie Street, Arbroath · DD11 3AY

    1,882 patients

    list fell by 3

  • Infinityblu Dental Care & Implant Clinic

    81 Feus, Auchterarder · PH3 1DG

    4,513 patients

    list fell by 25

  • Spring Grove Clinic

    187 High Street, Auchterarder · PH3 1AF

    463 patients

    no change

  • Esk Dental Care

    1 St James Place, Brechin · DD9 6ED

    7,292 patients

    list fell by 15

  • Bridge Of Earn Dental Practice

    Scott Way, Old Edinburgh Road, Bridge Of Earn · PH2 9NJ

    6,161 patients

    took on 91

  • Broughty Ferry Dental Care

    361 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee · DD5 2DS

    8,630 patients

    took on 24

  • Cherry Tree Dental Practice

    96 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee · DD5 1DQ

    4,648 patients

    list fell by 56

  • Laws Dental

    6 Brown Street, Carnoustie · DD7 7EZ

    756 patients

    list fell by 5

  • Carnoustie Dental Care

    18 Dundee Street, Carnoustie,Angus · DD7 7PD

    5,541 patients

    list fell by 35

  • Spring Grove Clinic

    Dundas Street, Comrie · PH6 2LN

    235 patients

    list fell by 4

  • Infinityblu Dental Care

    Laurel House, Comrie Road, Crieff · PH7 4BJ

    4,423 patients

    took on 54

    but PH7 only grew by 25

  • Care Dental

    34-36 Comrie Street, Crieff · PH7 4AX

    4,401 patients

    list fell by 29

  • Reform Street Dental Practice

    10 Reform Street, Dundee · DD1 1RG

    10,431 patients

    list fell by 29

  • 131 High Street

    Lochee, Dundee · DD2 3BX

    10,109 patients

    took on 1

  • Dundee Dental Care

    31 Buttars Loan, Dundee · DD2 4PE

    9,961 patients

    list fell by 55

  • My Dentist

    165 Princes Street, Dundee · DD4 6DG

    9,686 patients

    list fell by 66

  • Waterside Dental Care

    Unit 33 Shed 26 Camperdown Street, Dundee · DD1 3JA

    8,607 patients

    took on 85

    but DD1 only grew by 38

  • Kw Dental

    336 Clepington Road, Dundee · DD3 8RZ

    8,234 patients

    took on 100

    but DD3 only grew by 45

  • 146 Dental Care

    146 Nethergate, Dundee · DD1 4EA

    7,697 patients

    took on 6

  • 196 Brook Street

    Broughty Ferry, Dundee · DD5 2AH

    7,197 patients

    took on 584

  • Park Avenue Dental Care

    18 Park Avenue, Dundee · DD4 6PP

    7,009 patients

    took on 206

  • City Quay Dental Clinic

    24b City Quay Camperdown Street, Dundee · DD1 3JA

    5,777 patients

    list fell by 75

  • West End Dental Practice

    243 Perth Road, Dundee · DD2 1EL

    5,484 patients

    list fell by 7

  • Snowdrop Clinic

    44 Old Glamis Road, Dundee · DD3 8JQ

    4,942 patients

    took on 37

  • Whitfield Dental Care

    1a The Crescent, Lothian Crescent, Dundee · DD4 0HU

    4,780 patients

    list fell by 27

  • Panmure Dental Care

    150 Panmurefield Village, Dundee · DD5 3UP

    4,695 patients

    list fell by 7

  • Hillclock Dental Surgery

    9-11 Mains Road, Dundee · DD3 7RH

    4,351 patients

    list fell by 117

  • Lochee Dental Care

    48 High Street, Dundee · DD2 3AW

    4,296 patients

    list fell by 71

  • Discovery Dental Care

    1 West Bell Street, Dundee · DD1 1EX

    2,900 patients

    list fell by 31

  • 1st Floor

    21 Albert Square, Dundee · DD1 1DJ

    1,828 patients

    took on 99

    but DD1 only grew by 38

  • Apex Dental Spa

    40 Braes Of Gray Road, Dykes Of Gray, Dundee · DD2 5FQ

    1,232 patients

    took on 594

  • Downfield Dental Practice

    438 Strathmartine Road, Dundee · DD3 8NF

    768 patients

    list fell by 26

  • White Pearl Dental Practice

    3 Dudhope Terrace, Dundee · DD3 6HG

    563 patients

    took on 51

  • 56 Torridon Road

    Broughty Ferry, Dundee · DD5 3HB

    0 patients

    list fell by 5

    probably not general practice

  • Infinityblu Dental Practice

    14 Bridge Street, Dunkeld · PH8 0AH

    3,847 patients

    took on 34

  • Castle Street Dental

    92 Castle Street, Forfar · DD8 3AA

    11,410 patients

    took on 205

  • Forfar Dental Care

    83 Castle Street, Forfar · DD8 3AG

    5,255 patients

    took on 384

  • High Street Dental Practice

    79 East High Street, Forfar · DD8 2EQ

    333 patients

    list fell by 23

  • Kinross Family Dental

    2 Station Road, Kinross · KY13 8TD

    373 patients

    took on 1

  • Kirriemuir Dental Practice

    120 Roods, Kirriemuir · DD8 4HQ

    8,582 patients

    took on 38

  • Aesthetica Dental Implants

    4 Maule Street, Monifeith · DD5 4JN

    12 patients

    new this quarter

    probably not general practice

  • Oris Dental & Implant Studio

    27c High Street, Monifieth · DD5 4AA

    644 patients

    list fell by 19

  • Vita Dental Spa

    28 High Street, Monifieth · DD5 4AE

    497 patients

    list fell by 5

  • Links Lodge Dental Practice

    26 John Street, Montrose · DD10 8LZ

    13,121 patients

    list fell by 13

  • High Street Dental Centre

    4 High Street, Montrose, Angus · DD10 8JL

    5,601 patients

    took on 23

    but DD10 shrank overall

  • Caledonian Dental Care

    45 York Place, Perth · PH2 8EH

    20,126 patients

    took on 157

  • Caledonian Dental Care

    53 Kinnoull Causeway, Perth · PH2 8HQ

    13,188 patients

    list fell by 89

  • The Perth Dental Centre

    17-21 York Place, Perth · PH2 8EP

    6,684 patients

    took on 116

  • Dental Care Perth And Implant Clinic

    23 South Methven St, Perth · PH1 5PE

    6,416 patients

    took on 2

    but PH1 shrank overall

  • Balhousie Dental Practice

    10 Balhousie Street, Perth · PH1 5HJ

    5,957 patients

    took on 95

    but PH1 shrank overall

  • 4 Grahams Place

    King Street, Perth · PH2 8HZ

    5,546 patients

    list fell by 24

  • 11 Main Street

    Bridgend, Perth · PH2 7HD

    4,035 patients

    took on 40

  • Oakbank Dental Care

    33 Burghmuir Road, Perth · PH1 1LU

    3,962 patients

    list fell by 23

  • Dental Implant Centre Perth

    19-21 South Street, Perth · PH2 8PG

    88 patients

    new this quarter

    probably not general practice

  • 64 High Street

    Blairgowrie, Perthshire · PH10 6DF

    11,586 patients

    list fell by 81

  • Coupar Angus Dental Care

    7 Union Street, Coupar Angus, Perthshire · PH13 9AE

    3,429 patients

    took on 3

  • Infinityblu Dental Care

    60-62 Atholl Road, Pitlochry · PH16 5BL

    5,764 patients

    took on 6

  • Scone Dental Practice

    12 Cross Street, Scone · PH2 6LR

    199 patients

    took on 9

    probably not general practice

  • Public Dental Service

    Broxden Dental Centre, Tweed Place, Perth · PH1 1TJ

    10,278 patients

    list fell by 222

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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