Sarah Morrison suffers from brittle bones (Picture: Ross Parry)

A six-year-old girl’s parents say they are ‘horrified’ after their daughter had five teeth removed during surgery on her legs.

Philip Morrison and Sonia McCrossan, the parents of Sarah Morrison who was born with brittle bone disease, say they have contacted police over the incident.

Sheffield Children’s Hospital has defended its actions, saying the baby teeth surgeons removed were already loose and a risk to the girl’s airway while she was under anaesthetic.

Sarah was born with osteogenesis imperfect, an extremely rare condition that has seen her suffer 200 fractures in just six years.


Her parents said she was now saying ‘they stole my teeth’ following the surgery.



Mr Morrison, 37, said he and his partner felt ‘mortified and let down’ by the hospital.

‘The hospital is adamant that baby teeth were taken. But two of them were adult teeth, I know because I have the baby teeth at home,’ he said.

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has insisted all aspects of Sarah’s treatment were ‘in her best interests’, with her loose teeth representing a ‘serious risk’ during surgery.

South Yorkshire police meanwhile said they had been ‘made aware of an alleged incident’.