Decay-related tooth extractions cost the NHS £51.2 million in the 2024/5 financial year, according to newly-released ...

Dentists warn ‘we can’t nip these problems in the bud if we don’t get to see them’ as tooth decay is the number one reason ...

MORE than 150 kids a day are getting rotten teeth pulled out in hospital in England, grim data shows. Tooth extraction operations in children aged up to 19 surged by almost a fifth in the space of ...

The Royal College of Surgeons of England said the figures equate to one young person needing extraction due to tooth decay, ...

Children and teenagers underwent almost 43,000 "completely preventable" operations to remove rotting teeth last year, costing the NHS more than £36m, according to new figures. Analysis of NHS spending ...

Meanwhile, 13,667 children were admitted for acute tonsillitis. Eddie Crouch, chair of the British Dental Association (BDA), ...

‘Horrific’ rise in children needing decayed teeth removed - British Dental Association insists that greater efforts are ...

Blossom Family Dental Care in York is offering more NHS appointments for children following a high level of tooth decay cases.

An increase in the number of children with preventable tooth extractions is a 'national scandal', a campaigner has said.

KIDS in Yorkshire, known as Britain’s Candy Capital, have the worst teeth in the country. But is the county’s sweet tooth all ...