“…Exploring the relationship between dental neglect and other forms of maltreatment was a central theme of the included papers. By comparing children already affected by maltreatment with a general population sample, several papers found evidence that maltreated children had significantly poorer dental health than children in the general population (Baptista et al, 2017; da Silva-Júnior et al, 2018; Duda et al, 2017; Keene, Skelton, Day, Munyombwe & Balmer, 2015; Kvist, Malmberg, Boovist, Larheden & Dahllof, 2012; Lourenco, de Lima Saintrain & Gomes Fernandes Vieira, 2013; Valencia-Rojas, Lawrence & Goodman, 2008), although one study did not identify this association (Badger, 1986). Duda et al (2017), for example, found that maltreated children had a higher incidence of dental caries, missing primary teeth and untreated permanent decay.…”