Question 325 · LDEK · Psychology and management of children in the dental office

The most common trauma sustained due to children abuse concern the head, face and neck. The boundaries of the so-called triangle of safety, which is free from accidental trauma due to child’s defensive instinct, are:

1) temple;
2) side of face and neck;
3) forearm;
4) side of the nape;
5) highest point of shoulders.
Correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,3.
  2. B. 2,4,5.
  3. C. 2,3,5.
  4. D. 1,2,4,5.
  5. E. 2,3,4,5.
Hint

Think of areas a child instinctively protects or that rarely strike objects in a fall, and keep defensive injuries as a separate concept.

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