NHS waiting times
Data through March 2026. NHS source.
Across NHS hospitals in England, the median wait for Oral Surgery Service — the specialty most wisdom teeth removal cases are routed to — is 16 weeks, with 6 in 10 patients seen within the 18-week NHS Constitution target. Important context: wisdom teeth removal is a day-case Oral Surgery procedure and usually tracks close to the specialty average — many trusts only fund removal where there's recurrent infection or impaction.
Top 10 NHS trusts publishing Oral Surgery Service data, ranked by shortest median wait. Want the full ranking? See all trusts on the Oral Surgery Service national page →
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