Dentists will now be paid according to the number of people they treat, rather than the courses of treatment they offer, according to the new laid norms of the dentistry contract.

The step has been considered by the government's intent, to be figured out in the Coalition Agreement, to release the latest dental contract in order to shift practice away from "drill and fill" reimbursements to offers incentives and precautionary healing and quality care.

Announcing the plans, health minister Lord Howe said: "We want to give dentists the freedom to deliver high quality care and reward them for the outcomes they achieve for their patients, not just for the volume of treatment delivered, as is the case now".

The early norms of the dental contract in 2006 were widely condemned and thus denied dentists on paying against set targets.

A House of Commons Health Select Committee finally formed in 2008 stated that the recent contract had not been resolved at the same time the accessibility of the issues has still not bettered the condition as well.

"We need to change to a system whereby dentists are fairly rewarded through weighted capitation funding for the patients they take on, and motivated to provide the best clinical care through incentives to improve quality and clinical outcomes," explains the policy document, which outlines plans to test out the new contract.