title: Your next pediatric dental patient may have been physically or sexually abused.
abstract: A virtual epidemic of physical, sexual and emotional abuse is spreading to even the youngest of our children. Pediatric practitioner awareness of potential problems must be incorporated into efforts to establish a working relationship with children--even those in the "best of families." Data are presented to provide some dimensions of the problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8715.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000453:epidemiology; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology