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 ...
New figures released on 17 February show that 33,976 tooth extractions were carried out in children in 2025 due to tooth decay. 1 This equates to a young person, aged between 0 and 19, needing a tooth ...
An increase in the number of children with preventable tooth extractions is a ‘national scandal’, a campaigner has said. Government data released on Tuesday shows a rise in the number of preventable ...
The number of extractions performed on decayed teeth in children aged 19 and under decreased from 35,190 in 2019/20 to 14,615 in 2020/21, data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities ...
The UK soft drink industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced by 12% the number of children under age 18 having a tooth removed due to tooth decay, suggests research published in BMJ Nutrition, ...
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 ...
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