Many practitioners are still unawared of the oral and maxillo-facial pathology due to physical and sexual maltreatments of children. Yet more than fifty percent of those battered children show oro-facial injuries. Dentists ought to contribute to the diagnosis of the Silverman Syndrome and involve themselves in the taking care of battered children.
Delheusy, G., Darche, V., & Demars-Fremault, C. (2004). Le dentiste, aide précieuse dans le diagnostic du syndrome de Silverman Tardieu. Revue Belge de Médecine Dentaire, 59(2), 100-106. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/191143 (Original work published 2004)