JÖNKÖPING, Sweden: When young people are placed in care, child welfare services, healthcare authorities and institutional care providers assume responsibility for their oral health—yet research shows that they are at a significantly higher risk of poor oral health. Because there is limited clinical data on those in secure residential care, a study at Jönköping University has objectively assessed the oral health status of young people detained in such care and found that they have severely compromised dental health. Corroborating studies in other countries, the results showed widespread caries...

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