{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-primary-dental-services-amendment-regulations-2022/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1132",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-primary-dental-services-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Sub-bands within Band 2 courses of treatment",
  "text": "“PART 1A\nBand 2 courses of treatment – sub-bands\nSub-band 2a treatments\n2A. The following Band 2 courses of treatments are within sub-band 2a—\n(a) non-surgical periodontal treatment including root-planing, deep scaling, irrigation of periodontal pockets and subgingival curettage and all necessary scaling and polishing;\n(b) surgical periodontal treatment, including gingivectomy, gingivoplasty or removal of an operculum;\n(c) surgical periodontal treatment, including raising and replacement of a mucoperiostal flap, curettage, root planing and bone resection;\n(d) free gingival grafts;\n(e) sealant restorations;\n(f) pulpotomy;\n(g) apicectomy;\n(h) transplantation of teeth;\n(i) oral surgery including surgical removal of cyst, buried root, unerupted tooth, impacted tooth or exostosed tooth and alveolectomy;\n(j) soft tissue surgery in relation to the buccal cavity and lips;\n(k) frenectomy, frenoplasty and frenotomy;\n(l) relining and rebasing dentures including soft linings;\n(m) addition of tooth, clasp, labial or buccal flange to dentures;\n(n) splints (other than laboratory fabricated splints) in relation to periodontally compromised teeth and in connection with external trauma;\n(o) bite raising appliances (other than laboratory fabricated appliances);\n(p) permanent fillings in amalgam, composite resin, synthetic resin, glass ionomer, compomers, silicate or silico-phosphate, including acid etch retention, if delivered to less than 3 teeth in single course of treatment;\n(q) extraction of one or two teeth; and\n(r) endodontic treatment of any retained deciduous teeth.\nSub-band 2b treatments\n2B. The following Band 2 courses of treatments are within sub-band 2b—\n(a) permanent fillings in amalgam, composite resin, synthetic resin, glass ionomer, compomers, silicate or silico-phosphate, including acid etch retention, if delivered to 3 or more teeth in single course of treatment;\n(b) endodontic treatment of any permanent teeth, excluding molar teeth; and\n(d) extraction of three or more teeth.\nSub-band 2c treatments\n2C. The Band 2 course of treatment within sub-band 2c is endodontic treatment of permanent molar teeth.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1132/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:54:09.810578+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}