International: Freedom From Caries – A Child’s Human Right? (Commentary)
GDPUK – August 05, 2021
“Governments are legally accountable for their failure to protect children from the damage that excessive sugar consumption causes,” Professor Amandine Gardea will argue at a dental conference in the Autumn. The link between sugar and human rights was highlighted in a study published by the US National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, in 2018. The study described a 4-year-old Caucasian boy who had severe dental caries as a result of insufficient dental care. The boy refused to brush his teeth and drank sweetened drinks. The researchers considered this dental neglect to be a manifestation of child neglect and social services were consequently called in to help the family. The authors of the study said “Insufficient dental care by parents can be seen as dental neglect and therefore is a sign of child neglect.”
Also: Severe caries are a clue for child neglect: a case report: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5918565/pdf/13256_2018_Article_1639.pdf

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