The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child stated that children have a right to be protected from all forms of negligent treatment, and have a right to enjoy the highest accessible standards of health, irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, or any other status. 1 Neglect is defined as the continued failure to provide a child's basic physical, psychological (emotional), medical/ dental, and emotional needs by a caregiver. 2,3 This affects the child's health, survival, growth, and ability to form responsible relationships. 4 In the UK, one in ten children are being neglected and it is predicted that one or two children die each week because of neglect or abuse. 5
| Dental neglectDental neglect (DN) was defined by the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry as a wilful failure of a
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