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The head and neck are exposed and vulnerable to physical abuse. This chapter focuses exclusively on injuries to the face, neck, mouth, and scalp; intracranial injuries are discussed in another chapter. The face is the most frequently injured part of the body. While face and scalp injuries are readily accessible to diagnosis, they can be minor, healing, or, frequently, trivialized by practitioners. Intraoral and dental trauma often go unrecognized and should always be looked for. Anything that seems suspicious—multiple lesions at different stages of healing, lesions in uncommon locations for accidental injury, a failure to seek treatment for such lesions, a lack of concordance with the reported history—should alert the clinician to the possibility of abuse. Due to their location, facial sequelae and scarring are always visible and can impact a child’s inclusion both in society and at school. |
