When would you depart from the approach in Diagnosing domestic violence based on head & neck trauma: Dentists’ role?

DentalReach Academic Editor:

Editorial for DR OMFS Special (Volume 5, Issue 9) Restore more than smiles in broken homes...the uncomfortable truth of domestic violence must be uncovered. A defensible application begins with diagnosis and baseline risk, then compares benefit, harm, alternatives, patient preference and maintenance burden.

DentalReach Practice Perspective:

Consent should explain meaningful benefit, uncertainty, alternatives, maintenance and the likely result of deferring care, without promotional framing.

DentalReach Clinical Contributor:

For a complementary perspective, see Managing dental trauma in the emergency — dentalreach.today/managing-dental-trauma-in-the-emergency​. The link extends the clinical pathway through diagnosis, selection, treatment or maintenance.