The number one reason for primary school-aged children being admitted to hospital is to have multiple teeth taken out, newly released figures show. The number of children aged from five to nine ...

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 ...

As part of a group audit, prospective data have been collected on the reasons for tooth extraction in general dental practice. Variability was observed in the number of teeth extracted by surgeon.

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 ...

Tooth decay that has extended deep into the tooth If infection destroys a large portion of the tooth or surrounding bone If the space in your mouth is not for all the teeth If you have impacted teeth ...

This set of decaying teeth belong to a three-year-old Perth child and is one of many "bombed-out" mouths paediatric dentists are confronted with each week. Perth dentists and academics have urged ...