Family violence: an intervention model for dental professionals.

disclosure of partner abuse to staff at the dental school clinic. Clinic staff subsequently helped the patient access the Program Against Sexual Violence. After this incident, representatives from the two programs began discussing how to systematically prepare dental students, faculty, and practitioners to deal with patients affected by family violence. The resulting training program, funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), addresses the following points: