title: [Evaluation of lip damage].
abstract: The evaluation of permanent labial damage by medico-legal expertise takes in consideration the patient's past history and his suffering moral and physical, as well as objective physical examination and its correlation with patient's claim. The medico-legal discussion that follows should provide the necessary arguments to fix the consolidation date, determine the origin of sequellae and to evaluate the resulting prejudice. Among those, evaluation of esthetic prejudice is quite delicate as there are no universally admitted criteria of evaluation. The estimation of the functional deficit is done by reference to an evaluation chart. The expert should take in consideration the particular effect of the sequellae on the patient's professional and personal activities.
authors.affiliation: a.rolland@worldonline.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rolland
mesh_terms: D004954:Esthetics; D005104:Expert Testimony; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008318:Malpractice; D011287:Prejudice; D011788:Quality of Life