Of babies and bathwater: balancing support and challenge in a 'was not brought' approach to children's missed dental appointments.

Prompted by a recent Letter to the Editor describing another team's experience of implementing the Sheffield 'was not brought' pathway for children and young people's missed dental appointments (WNB-CYP), its author reflects on the reasoning behind certain deliberate features of the pathway and the place of the WNB approach within the wider context of dentistry's involvement in safeguarding children.