Abstract
Many reports indicate that children are abused everyday
worldwide. They are abused in many different ways [1]. Literature
suggests that the numbers of reported abuses against children are
a mere tip of an iceberg accordingly, there are many unreported
cases – some are hidden or covered. Thus, child abuse becomes a
social problem. Many seem to ignore child abuses, others of course
will justify. Admittedly there are a few who will hide such abuses
under a carpet or give a blind eye. In some societies child abuse
has become a part of an accepted cultural practice- for example
corporal punishments or female genital mutilations. Fortunately,
there are some of us in the society who will voice against abuse
of children. The social responses to child abuse are reflected in
clinical sets up in similar ways. This means that some clinicians will
ignore abuses while others may not care. The problem becomes
aggravated in clinical scenarios especially when the clinician is not
trained in identifying an imminent child abuse. In this context, this
paper seeks to find a connection between clinical dental practice
and child abuse. In short, I will argue and demonstrate in this paper
that the presentations of cases of child abuse are not uncommon to
the dental clinician, but that they are often times presented with
alternate histories so that they can be easily missed by the clinician,
if not looked through forensic lenses.
#Child Abuse and Dental Practice: Finding the Nexus by Induwara Gooneratne in BJSTR
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