The development of a designated dental pathway for looked after children

Williams, Annie; Mackintosh, Joan; Bateman, Belinda; Holland, Sally; Rushworth, A.; Brooks, Andrew Pattrick; Geddes, Jonah

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.51

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“…For example, immunisation rates are far lower than in the general population . The high rates of dental health problems in our sample echo single small sample studies from the UK, even though there is a dearth of research in this field .…”

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confidence: 45%

Somatic assessments of 120 Swedish children taken into care reveal large unmet health and dental care needs

2016

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Somatic assessments of 120 Swedish children taken into care reveal large unmet health and dental care needs

2016

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“…A dental hospital‐based paediatric liaison nursing service was shown to promote integrated multidisciplinary working with public health nurses, facilitating assessment of harm to children and prompting additional referrals to social services 27 . More recently, examples of innovative practice in organisational and administrative support have been published, including model referral pathways for vulnerable children to facilitate their dental care and streamline the additional workload 28–31 …”

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Paediatric dentists' role in child protection practice: Progress over time?

Harris

Baker

Elcock

2022

Int J Paed Dentistry

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Child maltreatment (abuse and neglect) is a global public health problem. 1 It has diverse and long-lasting adverse effects on all aspects of children's health and development. 2 In the USA alone, it is estimated that 1720 children died from abuse and neglect in 2017, a rate of 2.32 per 100 000 children. 3 During childhood, 8.9% of UK children under 11 years, 21.9% of young people aged 11-17 years and 24.5% of young adults (18-24 years) report having experienced maltreatment at least once. 4 Health professionals, including dental professionals, have an important role in 'child protection': recognition of children at risk of significant harm from maltreatment and referring them to social services (also known as child welfare or children's services). 5,6 Increasingly, a wider role in 'safeguarding and

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“…Much of the knowledge about the uptake of health services by LAC comes from studies on mental health, and we know less about the uptake of interventions which prevent or treat common physical health problems 7 8. While oral health problems and dental service access have been recognised as issues among LAC,9 the epidemiological research is limited. There is only one previous study from Scotland which looked at this issue: a survey of 96 young people in and leaving care placements which found that half the respondents had not visited the dentist in the past year 7.…”

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confidence: 99%