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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
John Stevens

Over 70 children a day having rotten teeth out in hospital amid NHS dentist shortage

Over 70 children a day are having teeth removed because of decay amid warnings the country’s dental system is broken.

Latest NHS England figures show there were 26,741 hospital operations to remove children's teeth in 2021-33, equivalent to 73 every day.

This is almost double the 14,645 that took place in the year before.

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