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title: "Orthodontists in Portico, St. Helens | Compare NHS & Private"
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# Orthodontists in Portico

Orthodontic practices in Portico, St. Helens.

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## Portico at a Glance

| Nation | England |
| --- | --- |
| Council area | St. Helens |
| NHS dental services | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board |
| NHS orthodontic charges | Free for eligible under-18s; adults pay Band 3 (£332.10) |
| Area type (ONS) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city |
| Deprivation | Less deprived than most of England |
| Residents under 16 | 16.4% (Census 2021) |
| Neighbourhood residents | 1,704 in the surrounding census area (Census 2021) |
| Aged 10 to 15 locally | 5.7% of residents in that area, the main age band for NHS orthodontic treatment |
| Adults locally | 7.5% aged 16 to 24 and 32% aged 25 to 49 |
| Households without a car | 7.9% in that area, which makes the distance to a practice matter more |
| Residents per square kilometre | 2,052 in that area (Census 2021) |
| Daily activities limited by health | 16.5% of residents in that area, relevant to practice accessibility |
| Practices within 5 miles | 10 practices, more than 75% of towns in England |
| Access within St. Helens | 9th closest to an orthodontic practice of 49 places in the county (the county median is 1.2 miles) |
| Nearest practice compared | 0.6 miles away, closer than 90% of towns in England |
| Aged 10 to 15 vs county | 5.7% here, against 6.7% across neighbourhoods in St. Helens |
| Nearest university dental hospital | Liverpool University Dental Hospital, Liverpool — 8 miles |
| Nearest secondary schools | De La Salle School — 1.1 miles Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy — 1.6 miles The Prescot School — 1.8 miles |
| Secondary schools within 3 miles | 8 schools, about 7,864 pupils (DfE) |
| Schools in council area | 76 schools, 26,828 pupils (DfE) |
| 5-year-olds with visible decay | 31.2% across the local ICB (OHID) |

Sources: ONS geography via postcodes.io, Census 2021, DfE school statistics, OHID Fingertips and UK NHS dental charge schedules.

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Updated 2026-09-15

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