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 ...
Children living in deprived areas are three times more likely to need dental extractions in hospital
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 ...
One-fourth of the nation’s children have 80% of the nation’s tooth decay, and most of them are underprivileged. The simplicity of those numbers, from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The decline of children's dental health has been exposed in 'horrific statistics' that show a surge in hospital tooth extractions. NHS hospitals performed 56,143 extractions on children and teenagers ...
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