The decline of children's dental health has been exposed in 'horrific statistics' that show a surge in hospital tooth extractions. NHS hospitals performed 56,143 extractions on children and teenagers ...

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 ...

The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%, suggests research published in the open access journal ...

Children and young people in Wigan are more likely to be admitted to hospital to remove decaying teeth than their peers across England, new figures show.

Children needing rotting teeth surgically removed in hospitals is still rising according to new NHS data branded “horrific” by dentists. There were 56,000 teeth extraction operations in England during ...

Children's access to NHS dentists and rates of tooth decay remain very poor despite improvements from national government interventions, a University of Leeds led study has warned. Did you know with a ...

The email sent to Dr. Michal Herman in early December was like many others she has received in her 25-year dental career. It was a from a teacher at a Newark school. She had a 6-year-old who was ...

Two topical treatments applied to kids’ cavities can stop the majority of them from progressing for years, according to a study led by NYU College of Dentistry and published in JAMA Network Open.