Almost nine out of 10 hospital tooth extractions among children aged up to five are due to preventable tooth decay. Because ...

A man who almost died several times after having a tooth removed is calling for a change to medical guidance. Greg Hutton, 62 ...

Greg Hutton, from Swansea, believes an infection which nearly killed him could have been avoided if he was given antibiotics ...

Swindon school children have been brushing up on their dental health thanks to a new council-supported scheme.

His initial bout with endocarditis happened post-tooth extraction in November 2017, when his dentist declined to prescribe pre-operation antibiotics. The dentist said he was following the National ...

This is higher than the national average and the average for north-west England. Tooth extraction is still the most common hospital procedure for Liverpool's five to nine-year-olds. Almost nine ...

It was only when Mr Hutton began searching for the cause of his enlarged spleen that he discovered a tooth extraction can sometimes cause endocarditis. He said: “I went into the hospital and ...

‘I’m going to pull the tooth, but you can’t have antibiotics’. Two weeks after the extraction Mr Hutton began to feel ill and was barely able to walk. Doctors initially could not work out what was ...

According to figures released by Liverpool Council, since 2019 there has been a 37% increase in “obvious dental decay” for ...