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Mum accepts £20k damages from NHS dentist for teen with decay so bad bits of teeth “like chipped rice” were found if she ate crunchy food

A businesswoman has agreed to accept £20,000 damages from an NHS dentist on behalf of her 13-year-old daughter who was left with tooth decay so severe she would find “bits of her teeth like chipped rice” left behind if she ate crunchy food. Diligent ...

30 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Child’s tooth ‘earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe’

The fossil of a child’s tooth is the earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe, researchers say. The discovery of the molar was made in a cave – known as Grotte Mandrin – in France’s Rhone Valley. Researchers say the area also ...

09 Feb 2022 at 20:25

Ice Age sabre-tooth cats and dire wolves suffered from diseased joints – study

Ice Age sabre-tooth cats and dire wolves suffered from diseased joints – similar to pet cats and dogs today, researchers have found. Osteochondrosis is a developmental bone disease known to affect the joints of vertebrates, including humans ...

12 Jul 2023 at 19:00

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Fundraising campaign to help Longford girl get specialist dental treatment

A fundraising campaign is underway to help a little Longford girl, who who will be two years old in April, get the specialist dental treatment she requires. Cat Warfield set up 'Ayla's Tooth Fairies' to raise funds for her daughter Ayla. ...

29 Feb 2024 at 14:33

‘Appalling decline’ in child health in the UK

Children are being “betrayed” as the UK fails to give them a healthy start to life, academics have said. Experts warned of the “appalling decline” of the health of children under the age of five in the UK – with soaring rates of obesity ...

05 Feb 2024 at 08:16

Number of rotten teeth removed from children in hospital jumps by 17%

Thousands of children were admitted to hospital with tooth decay last year amid a surge in extractions. New figures from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) show there were 47,581 tooth extractions in NHS hospitals ...

08 Feb 2024 at 10:51

Children ‘pay the price’ of dentistry issues, experts warn

Children are “continuing to pay the price” for issues in NHS dentistry after a survey of 10 and 11 years olds found one in six has experienced tooth decay. There were also disparities between deprived and affluent areas, with experts ...

01 Feb 2024 at 17:02

Family

Frustrated mother waiting nearly two years for daughter’s ‘rotting’ tooth to be removed due to NHS waiting lists

A frustrated mother who has waited nearly two years for her daughter’s black “rotting” tooth to be extracted due to NHS waiting lists has said she still has no idea when the eight-year-old will eventually be seen. Jes Revy-Wilcock, ...

19 Mar 2024 at 06:30

Crime & Court

Told Gardai she was Sabrina the teenage witch

A hairdresser who told gardai she was ‘Sabrina the teenage witch’ has been fined. Ellie Condon, 23, of 79 Rathcarrig, Fermoy, Cork was arrested when gardai were called to the Killeshin Hotel on the Dublin Road in Portlaoise on ...

29 Jan 2023 at 11:33

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Woman arrested at hotel in the Midlands told gardai she was Sabrina the Teenage Witch

30 Jan 2023 at 09:33

Give children stickers instead of sweets on Halloween – doctors

Children should be given stickers instead of sweets at Halloween to save their teeth, leading dental surgeons have said. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has offered tips to help children avoid tooth decay as ...

30 Oct 2024 at 00:01

‘Radical’ measures needed to tackle tooth decay in youngsters, report says

The Government is being urged to take “radical” action – such as expanding the sugar tax and banning the sale of energy drinks to youngsters – in a bid to tackle “staggering” levels of tooth decay in children across ...

13 Sept 2024 at 00:01

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