20,000 children with rotten teeth missed out on agony-relieving op during Covid

20,000 children with rotten teeth missed out on agony-relieving op during Covid Thousands children missed out on getting their rotten teeth removed because of Covid, data suggests.

Tooth extractions in youngsters halved during the first year of the pandemic, with just 14,645 carried out in 2020/21. 

This was roughly 20,000 fewer than the year before. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Ministers must act on child tooth extractions backlog British Dental Association
• Hospital tooth extractions of 0 to 19 year olds 2021 Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Hospital tooth extractions for children in England fall by over half in pandemic The Guardian