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What about situations of child abuse? Your patient may have bruises that don't coincide with the explanation of how they received them. What about fractured or luxated teeth? The dad says the kid got hit in the mouth with a baseball, but to you it looks like he was punched. How do you handle that?

Wow this is a good case Jean, I am thinking it is you posting it anyway. We can link in the state dental board website and also child abuse resourses. D