The study shows that several young people who need dental care have not received the treatment they need. It is the senior physician and researcher Elsa Carlson who has conducted over a hundred clinical examinations, where they, among other things, encountered young people with shot-out teeth and acid damage due to narcotics.
Children have often had the poor oral health with them for a very long time. It may have been poor before they came to special housing, but here the society should take responsibility for doing something about it, says Elsa Carlson to TT.
She means that this is not just a problem for the National Board of Institutions (Sis) but that it requires a national cooperation between Sis, regions, social services, and dental care.
It is needed, among other things, because many of the children move between different regions, adds Elsa Carlson.
She proposes that dental care should go out to Sis accommodations to examine the young people's teeth. A solution that Annika Gustafsson, head of dental care for specialized dental care within Region Jönköping County, meets with some hesitation.
I want to see what opportunities we have, she says to SVT.
