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170 - Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporting Requirements for Dental Licensure

Friday, May 23, 2025
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM MDT
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    Presenting Author(s)

  • Sandra Battista, DDS

    Resident
    Nemours Children's Health
    Nemours Children's Hospital
    Staten Island, New York, United States

    • Co-Author(s)

  • KG

    Katheryn Goldman, Research Mentor

    Associate Program Director; Dental Outreach Program Director
    Nemours Children’s Health
    Wilmington, Delaware, United States

    • Program Director(s)

  • KG

    Katheryn Goldman, Research Mentor

    Associate Program Director; Dental Outreach Program Director
    Nemours Children’s Health
    Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Abstract: Child abuse and neglect (CAN) recognition and mandated reporting requirements for dental licensure vary across the U.S. The study seeks to understand mandatory educational requirements for CAN recognition and mandated reporting for to obtain and renew dental licensure across the United States. Publicly available state websites, dental board documents and The American Academy of Dentistry Website outlining requirements for dental licensure were reviewed for specifically designated mandated reporting or CAN educational requirements. Four states out of 50 states and the District of Columbia, required a mandatory training course on CAN and reporting specifically to obtain and to renew a dental license. The study concluded that more states should implement a specific requirement for dental professionals to take a mandatory training course on CAN recognition and reporting to obtain and renew dental licensure. 

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