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 ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) MORE than 150 kids a day are getting rotten teeth pulled out in hospital in England, grim data shows.

13:33, Tue, Feb 17, 2026 Updated: 17:23, Tue, Feb 17, 2026 “Horrific” numbers of children are having their teeth extracted in hospital for preventable decay, dentists have warned. Almost 34,000 ...

Exclusive: Watchdog finds sharp rise in number of poorer households forced to pay for fillings and extractions ...