Oral & Dental Surgery Waiting Times Across the NHS

Across 113 NHS hospitals, the average wait to see an oral surgeon is about 17 weeks (4 months).

113
Hospitals offering this
17 weeks
National average wait
56%
Seen within 18 weeks
10,562
Waiting 52+ weeks

Common reasons for referral

Wisdom tooth removal
Jaw surgery (orthognathic)
Dental implants
Removal of impacted teeth
Jaw joint problems (TMJ)
Mouth ulcer investigation
Cyst removal
Biopsies of mouth lesions

All hospitals

Hospital Region Wait Within 18 Wks 52+ Wk
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London London 5 wks
92.8%
-
Tees Valley Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
87.5%
-
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
84.6%
-
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London London 8 wks
92.2%
-
Somerset Surgical Services HQ South West South West 8 wks
90.6%
-
Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
87.1%
-
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
79.0%
6
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
75.1%
11
Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd South West South West 9 wks
90.3%
-
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
73.4%
15
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 9 wks
86.0%
-
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 10 wks
67.5%
15
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West South West 10 wks
74.6%
4
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 10 wks
68.6%
13
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
77.6%
11
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
67.5%
-
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
72.1%
5
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
67.0%
-
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 11 wks
65.7%
57
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 11 wks
73.4%
12
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 11 wks
69.1%
10
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
75.6%
-
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 12 wks
66.3%
8
Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 12 wks
67.0%
16
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
64.7%
66
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
64.8%
-
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
66.7%
-
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
72.0%
-
Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 12 wks
64.2%
-
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London London 12 wks
62.8%
36
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 12 wks
64.1%
22
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
67.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes South West South West 13 wks
76.4%
1
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 13 wks
60.2%
28
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 13 wks
66.4%
-
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 13 wks
65.6%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green South West South West 13 wks
76.8%
-
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 13 wks
64.8%
-
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 13 wks
62.9%
30
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 14 wks
60.4%
24
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 14 wks
63.7%
9
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
58.0%
41
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 14 wks
62.9%
-
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 14 wks
61.5%
23
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
59.9%
1
University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 15 wks
57.4%
68
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 15 wks
57.5%
-
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 16 wks
55.7%
8
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 16 wks
56.2%
59
Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 16 wks
55.0%
80
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 16 wks
56.6%
3
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London London 16 wks
54.1%
46
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 16 wks
54.5%
33
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust East of England East of England 16 wks
55.1%
84
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 16 wks
54.2%
175
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 17 wks
53.2%
17
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 17 wks
53.7%
17
The Westbourne Centre Midlands Midlands 17 wks
53.1%
13
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 17 wks
52.3%
89
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 17 wks
53.1%
9
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 17 wks
52.3%
5
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 17 wks
51.7%
24
Barts Health NHS Trust London London 17 wks
51.0%
258
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 17 wks
51.1%
200
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 18 wks
51.0%
132
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 18 wks
51.0%
67
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 18 wks
49.3%
164
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton South East South East 18 wks
48.6%
-
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 18 wks
49.1%
25
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 19 wks
48.9%
122
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 19 wks
49.0%
45
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 19 wks
48.3%
67
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 19 wks
47.9%
533
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 19 wks
47.9%
136
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 20 wks
47.6%
305
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 20 wks
47.8%
78
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 20 wks
47.1%
220
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 20 wks
46.6%
140
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 20 wks
46.5%
29
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 20 wks
47.2%
521
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 20 wks
45.2%
104
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 20 wks
45.4%
151
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 20 wks
44.1%
102
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 21 wks
44.8%
220
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England East of England 21 wks
46.2%
154
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 21 wks
42.6%
27
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 21 wks
44.4%
24
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 21 wks
45.0%
336
Whittington Health NHS Trust London London 21 wks
45.3%
5
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 21 wks
44.6%
12
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East South East 21 wks
45.2%
32
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 21 wks
44.2%
326
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust London London 21 wks
43.2%
142
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 21 wks
44.3%
16
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 22 wks
42.0%
-
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 22 wks
43.4%
182
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 22 wks
42.1%
132
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust South East South East 23 wks
41.4%
236
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 23 wks
40.6%
31
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 23 wks
40.6%
44
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 23 wks
41.7%
70
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 23 wks
40.9%
305
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 24 wks
39.3%
357
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 24 wks
36.7%
94
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 25 wks
40.1%
276
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 25 wks
37.8%
153
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 25 wks
37.1%
90
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 26 wks
38.2%
138
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 29 wks
27.5%
290
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 29 wks
31.5%
1,309
East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust East of England East of England 30 wks
31.0%
185
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 32 wks
21.8%
681
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 35 wks
25.4%
102

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the average Oral & Dental Surgery waiting time?

The average NHS waiting time for Oral & Dental Surgery is about 17 weeks (4 months), based on data from 113 hospitals.

How long will I wait to see an oral surgeon?

The typical wait to see an oral surgeon on the NHS is about 17 weeks. However, this varies significantly by hospital. Use WaitRadar to compare waiting times at different hospitals.

What percentage of Oral & Dental Surgery patients are seen within 18 weeks?

Across the NHS, 56% of Oral & Dental Surgery patients are currently seen within the 18-week target. The NHS constitutional standard is 92%.

Can I choose which hospital I'm referred to?

Yes. Under the NHS Constitution, patients in England have the right to choose which hospital they are referred to for a first outpatient appointment. You can use WaitRadar to compare waiting times and discuss your options with your GP.

Source: NHS England RTT statistics — about our methodology

This is informational data, not medical advice. Always discuss referral options with your GP. Full disclaimer.