Information on the closure of dental practices is not held centrally.The number of NHS dental practices in Scotland, in deprivation categories 5, 6 and 71, which have ceased to provide NHS general dental services, between 1999 and 2002 are shown in the following table, broken down by NHS board:Health BoardPractices Closed in 1999Practices Closed in 2000Practices Closed in 2001Practices Closed in 2002Ayrshire and Arran0111Borders0000Argyll and Clyde0010Fife0000Greater Glasgow2321Highland0010Lanarkshire0000Grampian0001Orkney0000Lothian0101Tayside0001Forth Valley0001Western Isles0000Dumfries and Galloway0000Shetland0000Scotland2556Note:1...