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Tooth decay the biggest reason for children in the UK to hospital. Britain's National Health Service (NHS) just that 500 children a week up in hospital because of sugary drinks and poor dental hygiene. The NHS fruit juice and fizzy drinks (sodas) are the biggest reason why so many kids end up in hospital. Researchers that more than 25,000 children to have teeth last year. More worrying is the fact that some children had all 20 of their milk teeth because of tooth decay. Most kids needed four to eight teeth removed. Researchers say the sugary drinks and fruit juices are also to higher levels of obesity in kids.

The report is from the Health and Social Care Information Centre. It that the number of children aged between zero and four going to hospital to teeth out has from 8,060 in 2011 to 8,758 last year. Children's dentist Kathryn Harley said that children are to hospital for several reasons. One is that their teeth are very painful. Another reason is that the tooth is too decayed for dentists to it. A final reason is the child has too many decayed teeth that need to be . In all of these cases, children a general anaesthetic – an injection that them to sleep. A health expert told parents to fruit juice and fizzy drinks and just water to their children.