The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) show there were 47,581 tooth extractions in NHS hospitals in England for patients aged 0 to 19.
Ann and Peter Flello, who live in Stafford, said they have been left keeping their fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong after being stuck on an NHS dental waiting list for three years.
MailOnline s series of fascinating charts explain the ins-and-outs of why you can t see and NHS dentist when you want as well as how Britian stacks up with the rest of Europe on dentist numbers.
In scenes illustrating the appointments crisis plaguing the country, hundreds lined up outside Saint Pauls Dental Practice in Bristol on Monday and Tuesday.
The crisis in NHS dentistry has been brewing for years, with some Brits forced to pull out their own teeth. One even went to war-stricken Ukraine because it was half the price of paying privately.
Brits have complained of having to wait years for an appointment, pulling out their own teeth with pliers and travelling abroad after finding it impossible to get an NHS appointment.
Patients have been left with no choice but to jet out to the warzone after being unable to secure dental treatment in the UK, industry leaders have warned.