[Role of the oral care provider to call attention to child abuse].

The focus on child abuse has increased in recent years. In 2015, the Royal Dutch Association of Dentists (KNMT) revised the Sign Code 'child abuse and domestic violence'. The core of the Sign Code is formed by the compulsory 5-step action plan for the signalling of, among other things, (a suspicion of) child abuse that must be followed.

[Neglect of oral care in children: a matter of integral approach].

Inadequate oral care will eventually result in pain and inflammation. Inadequate oral care in children may be the result of ignorance, inability to deal with an uncooperative child or parental neglect. Poorly cared-for dentition in a child may be a sign of child neglect as defined by the Royal Dutch Medical Association's (KNMG) Reporting Code "Child Abuse and Domestic Violence".