Tooth decay remains the most common cause of childhood hospital admissions, according to newly-published NHS England data.

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Scots are being forced to wait more than a year for a tooth extraction on the NHS, figures obtained from health boards have disclosed. Patients in Lothian waited an average of 62 weeks to have teeth ...

There were 49,112 tooth extractions for children in hospital in 2023/24, shocking new official figures have shown, the equivalent of 134 a day. The costs to the NHS were £74.8 million for all tooth ...

NHS Wales dentists will no longer see patients routinely twice a year, with gaps of up to two years between regular check-ups ...

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The 53-year-old first began visiting the clinic, in Surbiton, south-west London, in 2009. But it wasn’t until 2016 that Saira began to experience problems. She developed toothache on the upper right ...