Children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely than those in more affluent areas to have tooth decay that requires dental extraction in hospital, warn researchers ...

In the study, published today (16 July 2024) in BMJ Public Health, researchers from Queen Mary analysed de-identified GP and hospital records for 600,000 children between the ages of five and 16 ...

The proportion of children with tooth cavities in Japan hit a record low in fiscal 2024, apparently reflecting advice on tooth brushing and other related initiatives at schools, a survey by the health ...

The latest NHS figures show that there has been a 17% increase in the number of tooth decay related tooth extractions for children in 2022-23 compared to the previous year. Over the period there were ...

Children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely than those in more affluent areas to have tooth decay that requires dental extraction in hospital, warn researchers ...

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 ...

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 ...