Singh Vishwendra, Lehl Gurvanit
Oral Health Center, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2020 May 23;17(3):167-173. eCollection 2020 May-Jun.
Child abuse, a reprehensible act, pervades all strata of society. Dentists are more likely to encounter such cases in their daily practice. However, such cases usually go unreported due to lack of adequate knowledge. Practitioners flinch from reporting these due to various reasons, and this sets up a vicious cycle which traps the victim leading to grave long-term consequences. This review aims to collect all literature available on PubMed, PubMed Central, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Google search engines on the role of dentists in child abuse identification and information and summarize these details. The review will shed light on the identification of abuse in dental settings, the various legal recourses and organizations related to it, and how dentists can better equip themselves to tackle such cases if they come across one. The review also makes certain recommendations by which dentists and healthcare providers in general can better prepare themselves for such contingencies.
虐待儿童是一种应受谴责的行为，遍及社会各阶层。牙医在日常工作中更有可能遇到此类案件。然而，由于缺乏足够的知识，此类案件通常未被报告。从业者因各种原因不愿报告这些案件，这就形成了一个恶性循环，使受害者陷入困境，导致严重的长期后果。本综述旨在收集在PubMed、PubMed Central、MEDLINE、谷歌学术和谷歌搜索引擎上可获取的所有关于牙医在识别和报告虐待儿童方面作用的文献，并总结这些细节。该综述将阐明在牙科环境中对虐待行为的识别、与之相关的各种法律求助途径和组织，以及如果牙医遇到此类案件应如何更好地应对。该综述还提出了一些建议，通过这些建议，牙医和一般医疗保健提供者可以更好地为此类突发事件做好准备。
