Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 2655

Dental Services: Children

Tabled: 30 July 2024

Answered: 2 September 2024

Question

Jessica Toale

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged four and under have been admitted to hospital for tooth extraction due to decay in each of the last five years.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The following tables show the number of Finished Consultant Episodes for tooth extraction, with caries as the primary diagnosis code, from 2018/19 to 2022/23: Age 0 to 4 years old2022/234,383 Age 0 to 5 years2021/227,4962020/214,4412019/2010,5812018/1911...

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