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Jahanimoghadam F, Kalantari M, Horri A, et al. A Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Iranian Dentists and Pedodontists in Relation to Child Abuse. J Dent (Shiraz). 2017;18(4):282-288
Jahanimoghadam, F., Kalantari, M., Horri, A., Ahmadipour, H., & Pourmorteza, E. (2017). A Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Iranian Dentists and Pedodontists in Relation to Child Abuse. Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran), 18(4), 282-288.
Jahanimoghadam, Fatemeh, et al. "A Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Iranian Dentists and Pedodontists in Relation to Child Abuse." Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran) vol. 18,4 (2017): 282-288.
Jahanimoghadam F, Kalantari M, Horri A, Ahmadipour H, Pourmorteza E. A Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Iranian Dentists and Pedodontists in Relation to Child Abuse. J Dent (Shiraz). 2017 Dec;18(4):282-288. PMID: 29201972; PMCID: PMC5702433.
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J Dent (Shiraz). 2017 Dec;18(4):282-288.

A Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Iranian Dentists and Pedodontists in Relation to Child Abuse.

Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran)

Fatemeh Jahanimoghadam, Mahsa Kalantari, Azadeh Horri, Habibeh Ahmadipour, Ehsan Pourmorteza

Affiliations

  1. Oral and Dental Diseases Research Center, Dept. of Pediatric, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
  2. Oral and Dental Diseases Research Center, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
  3. Community Medicine, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health Kerman Medicine School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
  4. Dentist, Kerman, Iran.

PMID: 29201972 PMCID: PMC5702433

Abstract

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: Since almost half of the child abuse cases affect the head and neck region, dentists have an important role in the diagnosis and report of oral and dental aspects of child abuse cases.

PURPOSE: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the general dentists and pedodontists regarding child abuse and child neglect.

MATERIALS AND METHOD: This cross-sectional study was carried out on the participants of the 12

RESULTS: The mean score of knowledge, attitude and practice of the participants regarding child abuse was 10.24±2.68, 41.54±11.24 and 2.78±1.05, respectively. The knowledge of pedodontists was significantly higher than knowledge of general dentists. No statistically significant difference was observed in attitude and practice (

CONCLUSION: Dentists had a moderate knowledge, poor attitude and moderate practice regarding child abuse. Considering this fact, improvements in child abuse education for undergraduate students and continuing post-graduate training in this field are recommended.

Keywords: Child Abuse ; Dentists ; Iran; Knowledge ; Practice ; Attitude

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