Open AccessPrimary identification of an abused child in dental office: A case report
Author(s) -
Janaína Fernandes Santos,
Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti,
Karina Silva Nunes,
EURINETE CATARINA GUIMARÃES DA SILVA
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.37017
Subject(s) - medicine , child abuse , attendance , dentistry , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , scope (computer science) , family medicine , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , psychiatry , economics , economic growth , pathology , computer science , programming language
Although the injuries of child abuse are many and varied, several types of injuries are common to abuse. Many of these injuries are within the scope of dentistry or easily observed by the dental professional in the course of routine dental treatment. The authors present a case of child abuse with multiple bruises. The child had been spanked in the previous night and the morning of the attendance by his mother. This case emphasized that all practitioners should be vigilant when patients present with abnormal injuries which may be the result of abuse and further investigation should be instigated.