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 ...
The role of extractions in orthodontic treatment has been a controversial subject for over a century. It is fair to say that even today, opinion is divided on whether extractions are used too ...
More than 5,000 children were admitted to hospitals in Northern Ireland to have multiple teeth extracted in a year - costing the health service an estimated £9m. In just 12 months, a total of 22,699 ...
Nearly 180 hospital operations a day are performed to remove children's rotting teeth, a study reveals today. There were 44,685 extractions of multiple teeth in under-18s in England in 2018/19 – ...
Toddlers are undergoing general anaesthetic to have teeth extracted, and sugar is the culprit, according to the National President of the Australian Dental Association. Hugo Sachs says there's been a ...
Hospitals carried out almost 180 operations every day on children and teens last year to remove rotting teeth, costing the NHS more than £40m. The latest figures reveal there were 44,685 surgical ...
Children living in deprived areas are three times more likely to need dental extractions in hospital
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 ...
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