Dental procedures

Data presented within this section shows the number of procedures performed in both public and private Australian hospitals classified under ACHI Chapter 06 Dental services. Users can view the number of procedures in more detail by working down from the broad chapter level to more specific categories as illustrated below.

  • ACHI Chapter—06 Dental services
    • ACHI Sub-Chapter—0450-0490
      • ACHI Block number—Blocks 0450-0490

The procedures data is further disaggregated by age and sex of the patient.

In 2021–22, there were over 421,000 dental procedures performed in hospital

In 2021–22, the number of dental procedures performed was:

  • higher for children aged 0–14 years than any other age group, around 226,000 procedures
  • higher for males aged 0-14 years than for females aged 0-14 years, around 118,000 compared to around 107,000
  • lower for adults aged 65+ years than any other age group, around 20,000 procedures

Explore the data further in Hospitalisations interactive 1.

This figure shows the number of dental procedures performed in hospital classified under ACHI Procedure Chapter 06 Dental Services between 2017–18 and 2021–22, by year, sex and age group. In 2021–22, there were 421,348 procedures performed that were classified under Procedure Chapter 06 Dental Services.

See Data tables: Hospitalisations for data tables.

In 2021–22, around 198,000 dental procedures performed in hospital were classified as oral surgery

In 2021–22:

  • children aged 0–14 years were more likely to receive a restorative dental procedure than any other type of dental procedure. 
  • Around 95,000 restorative dental procedures were performed on children aged 0-14 years, with males receiving around 51,000 procedures and females receiving around 45,000 procedures.
  • Adults aged 15–24 years received more oral surgery than any other age group, around 76,000 procedures.

Explore the data further in Hospitalisations interactive 2.

This figure shows the number of dental procedures performed in hospital classified under ACHI Procedure Sub-Chapter between 2017–18 and 2021–22, by year, sex and age group. In 2021–22, there were 198,038 procedures performed that were classified under Procedure Sub-chapter 0457-0461 Oral surgery. 

See Data tables: Hospitalisations for data tables.

In 2021–22, the most common dental procedure performed was for the surgical removal of a tooth, with around 152,000 procedures performed

In 2021-22:

  • The second most common dental procedure performed was for tooth-coloured restoration, with around 69,000 procedures performed.
  • More tooth-coloured restoration procedures were performed on children aged 0-14 years than any other age group, around 55,000 procedures.

Explore the data further in Hospitalisations interactive 3.

This figure shows the number of dental procedures performed in hospital classified under ACHI Procedure Block between 2017–18 and 2021–22, by year, sex and age group. In 2021–22, there were 152,245 procedures performed that were classified under Procedure Block 0458 Surgical removal of tooth.

See Data tables: Hospitalisations for data tables.

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