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Every 15 minutes a child has a tooth pulled out in hospital as figures reveal soaring levels of teeth extraction operations

The Royal College of Surgeons of England said the figures equate to one young person needing extraction due to tooth decay, ...

More than 150 kids have rotten teeth pulled out in hospital every DAY – as ops surge almost a fifth in a year

MORE than 150 kids a day are getting rotten teeth pulled out in hospital in England, grim data shows. Tooth extraction operations in children aged up to 19 surged by almost a fifth in the space of ...

‘Horrific’ rise in children needing decayed teeth removed

‘Horrific’ rise in children needing decayed teeth removed - British Dental Association insists that greater efforts are ...
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Beyond the Numbers: Inflammation as the Missing Link in Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth–Based Buccal Mucosa Cancer Risk Models

George et al 1 have examined the association between the Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT) index—a widely used metric for assessing overall dental health—and the risk of buccal mucosa cancer (BMC) ...