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

A Chicago family is asking police to get involved after their daughter’s teeth were allegedly broken as a result of bullying.

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NHS hospitals performed 56,143 extractions on children and teenagers in the financial year ending 2025 - up 14 per cent on ...

Dr Charlotte Eckhardt, from the college, said: “No child should be hospitalised for a disease that is almost entirely ...

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 ...

There has been a rise in the number of children in England needing to have decayed teeth extracted in hospital, data has ...

Meanwhile, 13,667 children were admitted for acute tonsillitis. Eddie Crouch, chair of the British Dental Association (BDA), said: “These horrific statistics are a badge of dishonour for governments ...

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 ...

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

You can teach good oral hygiene habits any time, even as soon as your child gets their first tooth. February is Children’s Dental Health Month, so a great a time as ever to get the teaching ...