Since 2010-11, the cost of removing decayed teeth in children in hospitals has soared by 66 per cent in the last five years to £35 million a year. The Local Government Association (LGA), representing ...

The soft drinks levy introduced in the UK in 2018 was followed by a fall in the number of children needing hospital admission for dental extractions, according to a new study led by the University of ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found that children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely to have severe tooth decay that requires a dental ...

The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%, suggests research published in the open access journal ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Wisdom teeth extractions are a very common procedure in the ...

This March, the New York City Board of Health put a proposal up for public review that would require preschool teachers and daycare staff to assist children with brushing their teeth with fluoride ...

On Wednesday morning, a toddler arrived at the emergency department of UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville with a swollen jaw. When emergency doctor Brandon Allen examined the boy, he discovered ...

The number of five-year-olds in the North East with rotting teeth is rising, as new data shows the region is one of the worst in the country for child tooth decay. The latest statistics indicate a ...

As a dad, you want to do whatever you can to help your child when they're in pain. A loose tooth can be very painful for a child, and it's often hard for them to deal with on their own. In this ...

This was a Twitter response from another mom to my post: A photo of my kitchen island holding a box of ice pops, pudding cups, ice cream, and a jar of chicken bouillon cubes labeled, “Teen wisdom ...