Tuesday 31 October 2017

Rotten state of children's teeth in England exposed in hospital data

Rotten state of children's teeth in England exposed in hospital data Twice as many children under the age of 10 receive hospital treatment for tooth decay as those treated for broken arms, figures for England show.

There were 34,205 cases of patients under 10 needing hospital treatment for dental caries in the year to March, the youngest less than a year old, according to the faculty of dental surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons. The Guardian

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