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 ...
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 ...
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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