BOLTON is on a list of the 10 worst places for children under 10 having been admitted to hospital to have decayed teeth removed.

In 2014/15 alone, more than 33,000 children needed teeth taking out.

Bolton was number 10 on the list, with 478 children needing hospital treatment to have teeth removed.

The places with the highest episodes of care for extractions in 2014/15 were Sheffield (1,140), Doncaster (833), Rotherham (798), Liverpool (598) and Bristol (593).

About 128,000 children, aged 10 and under, have been admitted to hospital to have decayed teeth removed since 2011.

The 10 places with the highest episodes of care for extractions in 2014/15 were:

Sheffield: 1,140

Doncaster: 833

Rotherham: 798

Liverpool: 598

Bristol: 593

Ealing: 575

Manchester: 564

Kirklees: 546

Southwark: 486

Bolton: 478

The 10 places with the lowest were:

Isles of Scilly 0

East Cambridgeshire 0

Oadby and Wigston 0

Amber Valley 6

Hastings 6

North Hertfordshire 6

Waveney 6

Bournemouth 7

Huntingdonshire 7

Wealden 7

Hart 7

Winchester 7

Warwick 7

Bromsgrove 7