Mom Charged for Letting Child's Teeth Rot: Police

A Florida mom has been arrested after authorities say she repeatedly ignored a dentist's warning that her 4-year-old needed surgery on her rotting teeth.

According to an arrest affidavit, Bay County Sheriff's officials say Catlyn Haley was told by a dentist and multiple other medical professionals for more than a year that her daughter had severe cavities. Officers said the child's top four teeth were rotted to the gum and blackened. But the girl was never taken to the dentist and allegedly told authorities she doesn't brush her top teeth because it hurts.

Haley, 21, was arrested Thursday on child neglect charges.

The News Herald reports the child's father was also named on her arrest affidavit as a co-defendant, but a record of his arrest was not available.

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