MORE than 33,000 young children have had decayed teeth removed in one year and the number is on the rise, new figures show. New statistics show a steady climb in the numbers of children aged 10 and ...

A Birmingham child has had to have all his teeth removed due to extreme tooth decay. He was just three years old and underwent more than 10 extractions under general anaesthetic in hospital. But he is ...

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 ...

The biggest cause of children being admitted to Alder Hey is to have decayed teeth extracted under anaesthetic. Young children should not suffer from pain and infection from tooth decay, which is ...

A four-year-old girl had to have sixteen teeth taken out because they were so badly decayed. The youngster had to undergo surgery under general anesthetic after shocked doctors discovered serious ...

More than 160,000 children starting primary school in England have decayed teeth, according to a new report. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of ...

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 ...

More than 33,000 young children have had decayed teeth removed in one year and the number is on the rise, new figures show. Analysis by the Press Association shows a steady climb in the numbers of ...

Britain's outraged dentists are today calling on the Government to tackle a 'national scandal' that means more than 33,000 children a year have such rotten teeth that medics have no option but to ...

Almost 500 children in Cumbria had teeth removed because of tooth decay. Figures for incidents of tooth decay among youngsters in the north west show it is the worst region in the country.

MORE than 400 children in Bradford had a tooth removed in hospital last year due to dental decay, new figures reveal. According to Public Health England (PHE) data for 2016-17, 437 children in ...