The rate of child abuse and neglect cases per population totals decreased since the mid 1990s ... but!
The rate of child abuse and neglect cases per population may have been decreasing, but there have been increases in the actual number of cases. A review of federal reports serves as an alert for dental practitioners to maintain their vigilance as 1) primary care providers of children, and 2) mandated reporters of child abuse.
Waldman
H Barry
HB
Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Perlman
Steven P
SP
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003815:Dentists; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology