Manajemen dental dalam memdokumentasikan kekerasan terhadap anak Dental management in documenting child’s abuse

Child abuse has increased dramatically over these present years. Child abuse occurs because of several reasons, such as poverty, low education background, and loss parents because of natural disasters. An estimate incidence of child abuse according to Komisi Nasional (Komnas) Anak in 2009 there are...

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Main Author: Mega M. Puteri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hasanuddin University 2012-02-01
Series:Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
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Online Access:http://jdmfs.org/index.php/jdmfs/article/view/295
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Summary:Child abuse has increased dramatically over these present years. Child abuse occurs because of several reasons, such as poverty, low education background, and loss parents because of natural disasters. An estimate incidence of child abuse according to Komisi Nasional (Komnas) Anak in 2009 there are 1,998 cases, which is considerably high. It showed that society become more consciousness about child abuse. However, there is still small evidence of child abuse, due to lack of awareness, knowledge and skills on documenting child abuse. Moreover, most of the injuries of child abuse occurs at orofacial, so it is needed the awareness of dentist to understand the procedure in documenting child abuse. The purpose of this study is to improve knowledge and skill of the dentist in documenting child abuse.
ISSN:2503-0817
2503-0825