A US mother has been arrested on a charge of
child neglect after authorities say she did not seek dental care for
her child who showed advanced tooth decay.

Police say Tamika
White, 19, from Palmetto, South Carolina, did not obtain dental care
for her daughter who suffers from a severe condition of infant tooth
decay, reports www.bradenton.com.


Whites mother became
concerned when she saw her granddaughters teeth and after the infant
complained of tooth pain. The childs age was not released.

Police reports say White took her daughter to a dentist at the Lawton
Chiles Children & Family Health Care Center and the dentist
referred her to a specialist due to the childs advanced tooth decay.

White told police she did not take her child to the specialist because the dentist did not take Medicaid.

White
was arrested Wednesday on a child neglect warrant after police said she
failed to return to the dentist for care or look for another specialist
who accepts Medicaid, the police report said. White was being held in
the Manatee County jail without bond.

White told police she did not take her child to the specialist because the dentist did not take Medicaid.

White
was arrested Wednesday on a child neglect warrant after police said she
failed to return to the dentist for care or look for another specialist
who accepts Medicaid, the police report said. White was being held in
the Manatee County jail without bond.