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 ...

Anthea Rhodes is the founding director of the Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Poll. This project receives funding from the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation. Mihiri J Silva receives ...

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, ...

Tooth extractions, including ones involving infection, periodontal disease and crowding issues, are one of the most common dental procedures. An estimated 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted from ...

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 UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%, suggests research published in the open access journal ...