Children and teenagers underwent almost 43,000 "completely preventable" operations to remove rotting teeth last year, costing the NHS more than £36m, according to new figures. Analysis of NHS spending ...

Scots are being forced to wait more than a year for a tooth extraction on the NHS, figures obtained from health boards have disclosed. Patients in Lothian waited an average of 62 weeks to have teeth ...

19:21, Sat, Nov 2, 2024 Updated: 19:22, Sat, Nov 2, 2024 Almost half of children haven’t visited a dentist by the age of three, a survey shows. Only 45 per cent of parents surveyed said they had taken ...

Brits are pulling their own teeth out with pliers because of the ever-worsening NHS dental crisis. Jamie Totterdell said he's been forced to do several DIY extractions because of him being unable to ...

Thousands of children faced hospital visits for tooth decay last year - resulting in a spike in extractions. According to new data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), there ...

A father was forced to yank out a loose tooth with a pair of pliers after failing to get a dentist appointment - saying he had no option. Chris Langston, 50, was left in excruciating pain for six ...

A dental practice in the NHS Grampian board area failed to keep proper records of a patient's tooth extraction after a procedure. The patient, named C in a report, had issued a complaint about the ...

Hospitals carried out almost 180 operations every day on children and teens last year to remove rotting teeth, costing the NHS more than £40 million. The latest figures reveal there were 44,685 ...

David Woodhouse removed a painful tooth with a pair of pliers A man has claimed he pulled out one of his own teeth after waiting more than 18 months to find an NHS dentist. David Woodhouse, 62, from ...

Children and teenagers underwent almost 43,000 "completely preventable" operations to remove rotting teeth last year, costing the NHS more than £36m, according to new figures. Analysis of NHS spending ...