Open AccessDental neglect among children in Chennai
Author(s) -
Deepa Gurunathan,
A K Shanmugaavel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.191420
Subject(s) - neglect , medicine , oral hygiene , oral health , dentistry , child neglect , family medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , injury prevention , poison control , child abuse
Child dental neglect is the failure of a parent or guardian to meet the child's basic oral health needs such that the child enjoys adequate function and freedom from pain and infection, where reasonable resources are available to family or caregiver.