SCOTLAND’S NHS dentistry registration figures were deemed effectively meaningless today after it was revealed that 40 per cent of those registered had not seen a dentist in two years.

New figures show that 39.5 per cent — some 1.8 million adults and 177,318 children — of those registered with a practice had not been to one in 24 months.

More than a quarter of adults — 28.8 per cent —  registered with a dentist have not seen one in five years.