Educational needs in the field of detection of domestic violence and neglect: the opinion of a population of French dentists

Abstract

More information and training concerning abuse and domestic violence is required in the French undergraduate dental curriculum in order to help practitioners deal with such patients.

Identification and management of elder physical abuse in the routine of dentistry – a systematic review

“…The literature indicates that <11% of the dentists interviewed in scientific surveys suspected of EA. These findings are different from the current panorama – suggesting that EA has a low prevalence rate.…”

“…lesions with EA is related closely to the level of education and training in the field. The articles addressed in the present systematic literature review indicated a range of 47-93.9% of dentists that never received information on EA during undergraduation and graduation courses 5,6,19 , contrasting with the small amount (8.3-11%) of dentists that received 20,21,23 . McDowell et al 18 reported that 78% of the dentists revealed the need and interest for having more information on EA.…”

“…However, in general, the dentists are not acting in a standardised way 18,21 . The lack of standardisation is more evidenced in the study of Drigeard et al 19 , in which 2% of the dentists revealed not reacting against suspicious cases, 8.5% stated that reporting suspicious cases is not the role of the dentist, and 1.7% would not react afraid of committing mistakes (accusing someone improperly). These outcomes also reflect the lack of information, academic education and training in the field, making the dentists less confident for managing EA cases suspected in the routine of dental practice.…”

Changes in Occlusal Caries Lesion Management in France from 2002 to 2012: A Persistent Gap between Evidence and Clinical Practice

“…Though the rate is lower than similar surveys conducted in Norway (61.3%) [Vidnes-Kopperud et al, 2011], the USA (57%) [Gordan et al, 2010] or Japan (67%) [Kakudate et al, 2012], it is typical of medical and dental questionnaire surveys in France, where, in a selection of recent studies, the response rate ranged from 16.6% to 54% [Bangerter et al, 2009;Benhamou et al, 2012;Drigeard et al, 2012;Herlin et al, 2008;Valgueblasse et al, 2012]. Nevertheless, the general demographic characteristics of the 2002 and 2012 respondents reflect well those of the French populations of GPs at the time of each study (Conseil de l'Ordre des Chirurgiens-Dentistes, France), allowing the authors to stipulate, despite the relatively low response rate, that the present results might be representative of the French GPs' attitudes towards the diagnosis and management of occlusal caries lesions.…”

Dental professionals' experience with and handling of suspicion of child maltreatment in a small‐scale society, the Faroe Islands

“…Dentists and dental hygienists are in a unique position to notice symptoms of child maltreatment, as 50 to 70% of all abused children have visible injuries on the head or in the neck region (Cairns, Mok, & Welbury, 2005a;Jesse, 1995;Welbury & Murphy, 1998). However, previous studies indicate a lack of knowledge in the professional dental teams on how to handle suspicions, including barriers and lack of knowledge about procedures for reporting such suspicions (Brattabo, Iversen, Astrom, & Bjørknes, 2016;Cairns, Mok, & Welbury, 2005b;Cukovic-Bagic et al, 2015;Drigeard, Nicolas, Hansjacob, & Roger-Leroi, 2012;Hashim & Al-Ani, 2013;Kaur et al, 2016;Laud, Gizani, Maragkou, Welbury, & Papagiannoulis, 2013;Mogaddam, Kamal, Merdad, & Alamoudi, 2016;Owais, Qudeimat, & Qodceih, 2009;Uldum, Christensen, Welbury, & Poulsen, 2010;Uldum, Christensen, Welbury, & Haubek, 2017). The available reports on this topic are all conducted in large-scale societies, but one of these (Brattabo et al, 2016) showed that public dental health personnel working in smaller municipalities (≤ 10,000 inhabitants) reported suspicion of child maltreatment less frequently than dental public health personnel working in larger municipalities.…”