European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes August 1985 dentists in key position to spot child abuse by Cunt Swift Washington Bureau Washington army and de sense department officials agree that dentists arc in a key position to spot child and they say the army new family advocacy regulation should recognize that fifty percent of All injuries Are on the head and neck in child abuse Gary Badger said in the latest Issue of the military family in the course of a thorough Examina a dentist can easily spot Badger said in an interview that the army present regulation Doest re quire that a dentist be part of the medi Cal and social work team that is Assem bled when a child is identified As a possible victim of the family advocacy Cas manage ment teams that oversee care of child abuse victims usually Are appointed by commanders of medical treatment facile those Are usually who dont always recognize that a dentist can make a contribution to firs line defense against child abuse by Early he a Pedi Alric dentist at Walter Reed army medical Center has recommended that the army regulation expand the dentists he said in the newsletter that dentists  need a lot of extra training to identify a possible unexplained Oral abrasions and head broken and darkened Teeth and jaw fractures Are cause to suspect he he said cuts and scrapes in and about the Mouth May be overlooked by social workers or nonprofessional Mem Bers of the family advocacy team who Are not specialists in injuries to that part of the past injuries old tooth fractures and Tongue or Cheek scars can be noted by dentists and can Lead to documentation of the Case for child he contusions can mean Black and Blue and swelling around the eyes and Badger said the face gets a healthy Supply of and such injuries can heal in a few the medical Community might look at the Mouth area and not pick it he but a dentist is a specialist in knowing what healthy tissue in that area looks a slap in the face could damage a and it might take a Den Tal Mirror and the patient in the right position to find he said if children referred to a family advocacy team As possible abuse cases were routinely required to visit a evidence of neglect might be he said untreated tooth decay could show that parents needed to be counselled on the importance of care for their childrens primary the same Way a routine examination asks whether immunizations Are up to we ought to be asking whether Den Tal care is up to he according to a study reported in the journal of dentistry for Only 14 of 155 dentists questioned had reported a Case of child the newsletter seventy five percent of the dentists said they had no training or not enough training to be Able to spot abuse a dentist who suspects abuse should follow the commands protocol for handling child abuse Badger that includes arranging an examination on the spot with a if the child is not taken to a Pedi Atri the dentist is responsible for Mak ing sure that the posts child Protection personnel he while some abusing parents May deny the truth to the doctors and Case they often Are thankful that the dentist has discovered the Badger said in the bringing the child to the dentist for examination is often a cry for Richard chief of the army Community service Branch of the army Community and family support said the family advocacy Regula Tion is being rewritten he said badgers recommendations Are being considered by the people responsible for the dental the military family newsletter is produced by the military family resource which helps develop defense department policy on child and spouse bbl journalists Call for strike Over cancelled documentary London a the British broadcasting which cherishes its has fought a running Battle with governments since world War ii on issues rang ing from coverage of the falklands War to a critical pro file of Uganda Idi since Britain ordered troops into Northern 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the Edge of the it focused on two elected politicians who advocate violence Martin my a roman Catholic reputed to be chief of staff of the outlawed Irish Republican and Gregory a Hartline protestant who you either be killed by the Ira or you kill opposition journalists and civil rights groups have accused the government of censorship and jeopardizing the abcs the controversy has also raised broader issues of covering Irish affairs and terror bbl chairman Stuart who was asked to re sign by the issued a statement last thursday saying there is no question that the abcs commit ment to accurate and honest journalism in its Domestic and external services remains others not so sure but the bbl journalists and other critics we rent so the editorial Independence of the bbl is what is at declared Elizabeth head of the National Union of journalists Branch at the it must be the bbl must not be seen bowing to govern ment pressure and government the financial the respected financial said the 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