Question 199 · LDEK · Psychology and management of children in the dental office

Possible intraoral symptoms of physical violence include:

1) fracture of a tooth crown or avulsion;
2) lip injury;
3) frenulum laceration;
4) bruising or petechiae on the throat and the palate;
5) lesions in the so-called “safety triangle”.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,3.
  2. B. 1,2,3,4.
  3. C. 1,2,4.
  4. D. 1,2,4,5.
  5. E. all the above.
Hint

Note the word 'intraoral' and consider which findings are classically linked with sexual abuse rather than with physical violence.

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