Role of the dental hospital-based paediatric liaison nurse in safeguarding children.

Aim Service evaluation of our dental hospital paediatric liaison nursing (DH-PLN) service which provides an additional route for information sharing about safeguarding concerns via an agreed pathway for two-way communication with public health nurses.Method Retrospective analysis of clinical records of all children referred by DH teams to PLN in the three months October-December 2016.Results One hundred and four children were referred; mean age was 6.

Characteristics of child dental neglect: a systematic review.

Objective: Neglect of a child's oral health can lead to pain, poor growth and impaired quality of life. In populations where there is a high prevalence of dental caries, the determination of which children are experiencing dental neglect is challenging. This systematic review aims to identify the features of oral neglect in children.