These tables show the number of people waiting for public dental services, by priority code.

Child assessment waiting list by priority code

Priority June 2012 June 2013 June 2014 June 2015 June 2016​​​ June 2017 June 2018​ June 2019​
1 0 0 2 0 0 0​ 0​ 0​​
2 0 1 0 1 0 0​ 0​ 0​
3a 16 35 26 17 26 8​ 4​ 6​
3b 384 434 62 38 67 55 32​ 49​
3c 6,071 6,124 2,540 1,857 1,732 1,594 1,018​ 661​
4 3,809 3,873 1,821 1,267 1,637 1,256 850​ 358​
5 349 188 315 96 74 52 140​ 86​
6 11,422 10,754 5,237 2,698 3,079 2,624 2,195​ 1,183​
Total 22,051 21,409 10,002 5,974 ​6,615 5,589​ 4,239​ 2,343​

Child treatment waiting list by priority code

Priority June 2012 June 2013 June 2014 June 2015 June 2016 June 2017 June 2018​ June 2019^
A 50 69 44 51 84 98​ 4​ 4
B 128 98 80 31 92 71​ 86​ 184​
C 570 445 374 449 268 181​ 173​ 562
D 787 451 518 605 541 853​ 652​ 1,513
E 1,304 1,150 1,074 1,764 1,871 3,935​​ 1,673​ 2,823
F 32 17 27 15 25 19​​ 45​ 47
G* 260 277 281 241 242 251​ -​ -
H* 5 4 8 3 3 0​ -​ -
Total 3,136 2,511 2,406 3,159 3,126 5,408​​ 2,633​ 5,133

Adult assessment waiting list by priority code

Priority June 2012 June 2013 June 2014 June 2015 June 2016 June 2017 June 2018​ June 2019
1 0 5 1 2 3 2​ 0​ ​3
2 0 1 2 5 3 3​ 2​ ​2
3a 549 786 615 665 210 64​ 96​ ​76
3b 4,095 4,706 4,188 3,495 3,062 2,193​ 3,730​ ​1,361
3c 2,172 2,810 3,321 5,216 6,480 6,211​ 5,229​ ​1,437
4 3,390 4,296 5,476 6,435 5,497 5,702​ 5,460​ ​3,560
5 5,527 5,494 6,783 6,705 5,836 5,656​​ 3,875 ​4,538
6 4,178 5,116 6,546 6,246 5,309 5,602​​ 4,026​ ​2,885
Total 19,911 23,214 26,932 28,769 26,400 25,433​​ 22,418​ ​13,862

Adult treatment waiting list by priority code

Priority June 2012 June 2013 June 2014 June 2015 June 2016 June 2017 June 2018​ June 2019^​
A 21 22 69 79 74 83​ 16​ 2​
B 253 490 528 746 377 323​ 446​ 33​
C 1,244 1,707 2,413 3,255 2,577 3,065​ 4,429​ 6,599​
D 6,503 6,234 8,312 11,191 12,379 9,991​ 14,327​ 17,198​
E 37,365 19,425 22,188 30,895 37,341 37,361​​ 39,074​ 41,194
F 20,566 11,923 16,497 23,627 25,280 16,111​ 16,793​ 19,625​
G* 64 46 69 79 48 58​ -​ -​
H* 203 368 176 167 207 137​ -​ -​
Total 66,219 40,215 50,252 70,039 78,283 67,129​​ 75,085​ 84,651​

* Priority codes G and H​ not used beyond 2017.

^Western Sydney LHD June 2019 data is not available. May 2019 data is represented in its place.

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Page Updated: Wednesday 28 August 2019
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