Dental Services: Pension Credit
Commons · Question 37466 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by James MacCleary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make (a) dental mouth guards and (b) other dental orthotics services available for free on the NHS for people who are on Pension Credit.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 19 Mar 2025
Dental mouth guards are available for free to any patient who is in receipt of Pension Credit, Guarantee Credit, or anyone else who is exempt from dental patient charges, where they have a specific dental need for one. There are currently no plans to chan...