DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILD NEGLECT by Tracy Ohovwore Some children who have experienced some sort of neglect at a period of their lives, most especially those ones who could not recover from the consistent neglect and maltreatment, tend to develop some sort of disorder. This disorder could be mild or some time, very serious that it can last for a lifetime. Have you wondered why some persons suddenly develops some sort of idiosyncrasies? Yes, many owe reasons to certain traumatic experiences that had to go through during their childhood. Children who have experienced abuse and neglect are therefore at increased risk for a number of problematic developmental, health and mental health outcomes, some of which includes; anxiety, depression, psychosis, suicide, etc. According to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), six out of ten children experience some form of child neglect or abuse in Nigeria. To portray the level of urgency, a research on the “Prevalence & Nature of
The tooth is the only part of the human body that can’t repair itself and tooth enamel is the hardest of all substances manufactured by the human body. Each tooth contains about 55 miles of canals for a total of over 1700 miles. Repairing means either regrowing what was lost or replacing it with scar tissue. Our teeth cannot do that. Our brain for example will not regrow damaged brain cells but can repair an area by laying down other scar-type tissue . Teeth will only continue to 'rot' in many cases from the bad germs that always live our mouth. There is no going backwards to repair itself or stop the destruction. It will keep going. If you allow us to, we can try to find damage early before you ever sense it has started, and repair it early. That means less damage to the original tooth body part, less time, less money, longer lasting repair, less chances of pain. Managing your mouth is a lot Like owning a car---find damage early, and with regular maintenance and repair...th