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 ...

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 ...

Chris Langston has warned others not to extract their own teeth A man who pulled out his own tooth amid a struggle to find an NHS dentist has said he is no closer to finding one after his DIY effort ...

An increase in the number of children with preventable tooth extractions is a ‘national scandal’, a campaigner has said. Government data released on Tuesday shows a rise in the number of preventable ...

The union's main gripe is that total government spending on NHS dentistry in England has been falling over the past decade, once inflation is taken into account. At the same time, the population has ...