Murphy J M, Welbury R R
Child Protection Unit, Raby Cross, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Br Dent J. 1998 Jan 10;184(1):7-10. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809528.
The last British Dental Journal article on child protection was in 1986. Since then there have been major changes in both legislation and approaches to child protection. A local authority child protection specialist and a consultant in paediatric dentistry outline the development of child protection and the dental practitioner's role in the inter-agency child protection system in this, the first of three inter-related articles.
