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 ...

Children and young people living in the most deprived areas of England are nearly three-and-a-half times more likely than their more affluent peers to have teeth removed in hospital due to severe ...

The number of children aged four and under being hospitalised for tooth extractions has risen by almost a quarter in the last decade, new figures have revealed. There were 9,206 extractions among this ...

Tooth decay, also known as dental caries, is the destruction of the hard tooth tissue. For a tooth to decay four factors need to be present: a natural tooth or root surface, sugar, bacteria and the ...

Tooth decay, also known as dental caries, is the destruction of the hard tooth tissue. For a tooth to decay four factors need to be present: a natural tooth or root surface, sugar, bacteria and the ...