Pediatric dentist alert: Child maltreatment

Child sexual abuse and the pediatric dentist.

c h i l d sexual abuse has increased dramatically over the last decade. An estimate of the incidence at the beginning of the 1980s put the number of sexual assaults on children at 300,000 annua1ly.l Most authorities agree that these estimates are probably low, due to underreporting as a result of a number of factors: 1. Cultural mores make sexual abuse a stigma for victim, perpetrator, and fami...

Child maltreatment and pediatric asthma: a review of the literature

BACKGROUND Child maltreatment is a common problem with known adverse consequences, yet its contributions to the development and course of pediatric asthma are only poorly understood. MAIN This review first describes possible pathways connecting child maltreatment to pediatric asthma, including aspects of the physical home environment, health behaviors and disease management, and psychological...

Qualifications of a pediatric dentist.

In 1947, Pediatric Dentistry was formally recognized as a specialty in dentistry. There are currently over 7000 members of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Despite this large number, many people are unaware of the role they serve as health care providers [1]. The purpose of this article is to give a clearer understanding of the educational process of becoming a Pediatric Dentist, th...

Jaw malignancies: signs that should alert the dentist.

– Malignant lesions of the jaw-bones may mimic odontogenic infections and other disease conditions in the oral cavity in presentation, leading to late diagnosis by the unwary clinician. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate clinical features and radiographic appearance that should make the dentist thinking in a diagnosis of a malignant tumour of the jaw. The authors present 3 cases of mali...

Preventing Child MaltreatMent