05-12-2009, 06:07 AM
jackboots Wrote:i've seen a lot of what is referred to as "bottle mouth" here in the states also. kids are put to bed nightly with a bottle of juice stuck in their mouths for hours like a pacifier. it eats away at the enamel.
sorry to quote myself, but here's an example...it's no less than child abuse.
MANATEE COUNTY - Police say a Palmetto mother neglected to provide her child with needed dental care, which led to severe tooth decay.
Tamika S. White, 19, was arrested Wednesday on a felony neglect charge.
Her daughter, whose age was not listed, has suffered from tooth pain for more than a year, according to a Palmetto Police Department report.
The child's grandmother urged White to take the child to the dentist.
White took the child to a dentist who told her the child had bottle mouth -- tooth decay common in infants and toddlers, the report said.
But White's Medicaid coverage would not pay for the treatment, and she refused to seek money for treatment through child-support payments from the child's father, police said.
She also did not seek another specialist who would accept Medicaid or any other treatments that would be covered, according to a report.
White was in the Manatee County jail on Thursday without bail.