Role of a dentist in discrimination of abuse from accident

Most physical injuries resulting from abuse or violence are found on the head and neck areas that are clearly visible to the dental team during examination. Given that dental professionals routinely assess the head, face, and neck of patients, they are in a unique position to identify the signs of a...

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Autores principales: Sujatha, G, Sivakumar, G, Saraswathi, T R
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21189982
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2948.71049
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description Most physical injuries resulting from abuse or violence are found on the head and neck areas that are clearly visible to the dental team during examination. Given that dental professionals routinely assess the head, face, and neck of patients, they are in a unique position to identify the signs of abuse and neglect. Involvement of a dentist in the protection team may be beneficial and can lead to early intervention. This article brings to light the importance of questioning and physical examination and the role of a dentist in identifying abuse, assault, and accident.
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spelling pubmed-30095452010-12-28 Role of a dentist in discrimination of abuse from accident Sujatha, G Sivakumar, G Saraswathi, T R J Forensic Dent Sci Review Article Most physical injuries resulting from abuse or violence are found on the head and neck areas that are clearly visible to the dental team during examination. Given that dental professionals routinely assess the head, face, and neck of patients, they are in a unique position to identify the signs of abuse and neglect. Involvement of a dentist in the protection team may be beneficial and can lead to early intervention. This article brings to light the importance of questioning and physical examination and the role of a dentist in identifying abuse, assault, and accident. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3009545/ /pubmed/21189982 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2948.71049 Text en © Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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