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Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children
BACKGROUND: Oral cavity may be considered a pivotal focal point in physical assault or abuse because of its implication in communication and nutrition. Dentists trained in a child abuse curriculum can provide valuable information and assistance to physicians about oral and dental aspects of child ab...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8686918/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018059 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_230_21 |
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author | Barbi, Wagisha Sonawane, Ravindra S. Singh, Pinky Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Boddupally Ravi Arora, Aafreen |
author_facet | Barbi, Wagisha Sonawane, Ravindra S. Singh, Pinky Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Boddupally Ravi Arora, Aafreen |
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description | BACKGROUND: Oral cavity may be considered a pivotal focal point in physical assault or abuse because of its implication in communication and nutrition. Dentists trained in a child abuse curriculum can provide valuable information and assistance to physicians about oral and dental aspects of child abuse and neglect. The present study was conducted to evaluate the orofacial features of children between the age group of 5–16 years suspected to be victims of child abuse/neglect. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted on 250 children ranging between 5 and 16 years were enrolled in the study. All the participants were suspected to be victims of child abuse/neglect. The orofacial features were carefully examined by a well-trained dentist. RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty children were enrolled in the study. Seventy-two children (30%) presented with laceration of various sites including lip (n = 13), frenum (n = 8), buccal mucosa (n = 26), palate (n = 16), and floor of the mouth (n = 9). Twenty-nine participants exhibited the features of avulsion (11.6%). Eighteen children revealed dento-alveolar fractures, 104 presented with dental caries (41.6%), 19 presented with missing teeth (7.6%), all the candidates presented with deposits (100%). CONCLUSION: Careful intraoral and perioral examination of the participants victimized to abuse and/neglect is necessary as the oral cavity is a central focus for physical abuse, which may be allied to its importance in communication and nutrition. Physicians and dentists should work together to increase the prevention, detection, and treatment of these conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-86869182022-01-10 Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children Barbi, Wagisha Sonawane, Ravindra S. Singh, Pinky Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Boddupally Ravi Arora, Aafreen J Pharm Bioallied Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Oral cavity may be considered a pivotal focal point in physical assault or abuse because of its implication in communication and nutrition. Dentists trained in a child abuse curriculum can provide valuable information and assistance to physicians about oral and dental aspects of child abuse and neglect. The present study was conducted to evaluate the orofacial features of children between the age group of 5–16 years suspected to be victims of child abuse/neglect. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted on 250 children ranging between 5 and 16 years were enrolled in the study. All the participants were suspected to be victims of child abuse/neglect. The orofacial features were carefully examined by a well-trained dentist. RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty children were enrolled in the study. Seventy-two children (30%) presented with laceration of various sites including lip (n = 13), frenum (n = 8), buccal mucosa (n = 26), palate (n = 16), and floor of the mouth (n = 9). Twenty-nine participants exhibited the features of avulsion (11.6%). Eighteen children revealed dento-alveolar fractures, 104 presented with dental caries (41.6%), 19 presented with missing teeth (7.6%), all the candidates presented with deposits (100%). CONCLUSION: Careful intraoral and perioral examination of the participants victimized to abuse and/neglect is necessary as the oral cavity is a central focus for physical abuse, which may be allied to its importance in communication and nutrition. Physicians and dentists should work together to increase the prevention, detection, and treatment of these conditions. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-11 2021-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8686918/ /pubmed/35018059 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_230_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Barbi, Wagisha Sonawane, Ravindra S. Singh, Pinky Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Boddupally Ravi Arora, Aafreen Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children |
title | Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children |
title_full | Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children |
title_short | Evaluation of the Orofacial Features in the Victims of Abuse and Neglect of 5–16-Year-old Age Children |
title_sort | evaluation of the orofacial features in the victims of abuse and neglect of 5–16-year-old age children |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8686918/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018059 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_230_21 |
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