title: The rate of child abuse and neglect cases per population totals decreased since the mid 1990s ... but!
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: H Barry
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: 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