Since 2010-11, the cost of removing decayed teeth in children in hospitals has soared by 66 per cent in the last five years to £35 million a year. The Local Government Association (LGA), representing ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found that children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely to have severe tooth decay that requires a dental ...

Extractions performed on decayed teeth in children plummeted during the first year of the pandemic, leading to fears that thousands will be left in pain. There were 22,459 episodes of tooth extraction ...

Children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely than those in more affluent areas to have tooth decay that requires dental extraction in hospital, warn researchers ...

Every day, 160 children and teenagers in England have tooth extractions while under general anesthetic in hospital, according to the LGA. The British Dental Association (BDA) has commented that these ...

Children in Kent and Medway are waiting nearly three years to have their teeth removed under general anaesthetic in hospital. About 200 children - many with autism or learning disabilities - are ...

Almost nine out of 10 hospital tooth extractions in young children aged five and under are for rotting teeth that could have been prevented, new data reveals. Public Health England (PHE) said despite ...

Children and young people in York are less likely to be admitted to hospital to remove decaying teeth than their peers across ...