How many patients were waiting for first outpatient appointments following referral at Dundee Dental Hospital in each of the last four quar…

The information requestedis not held centrally. Information held relates only to the number of patients waitingfor a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in all facilities providingdental specialties in Tayside, including Dundee Dental Hospital, Perth Royal Infirmary and Stracathro Hospital. The following table shows this information for the quarterend dates between 31 December 2006 and 30 September 2007.
Quarter Ending
| Specialty
| Number of patients waiting

December 2006
| Oral Medicine
| 105

Oral Surgery
| 225

Orthodontics
| 30

Paediatric Dentistry
| 76

Restorative Dentistry
| 487

March 2007
| Oral Medicine
| 151

Oral Surgery
| 258

Orthodontics
| 74

Paediatric Dentistry
| 50

Restorative Dentistry
| 478

June 2007
| Oral Medicine
| 224

Oral Surgery
| 328

Orthodontics
| 88

Paediatric Dentistry
| 33

Restorative Dentistry
| 442

September 2007
| Oral Medicine
| 238

Oral Surgery
| 311

Orthodontics
| 114

Paediatric Dentistry
| 60

Restorative Dentistry
| 465

Source:Outpatient Waiting List (OPWL), ISD Scotland.