No information is collected on the number of patients registered with a dentist under private arrangements.Patients Registered with an NHS General Dental Practitioner; at 31 March2001 Health board area Number of patients registered Percentage of population registered1 Percentage change from March 2000 Ayrshire & Arran 209,790 57.0 1.0 Borders 63,837 60.1 -0.6 Argyll & Clyde 223,838 53.1 0.0 Fife 187,961 54.0 -0.6 Greater Glasgow 492,653 57.1 2.1 Highland 94,453 45.2 -4.7 Lanarkshire 271,200 49.1 0.6 Grampian 270,347 51.3 -3.3 Orkney 8,289 43.0 -3.1 Lothian 418,870 54.0 0.7 Tayside 232,600 59.5 -0.3 Forth Valley 146,433 52.4 0.1 Western Isles 12,024 45.0 -0.5 Dumfries & Galloway 72,712 49.2 -1.6 Shetland 7,470 33.7 0.2 Scotland...