➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: April awareness month highlights dentists’ role in reporting child abuse (Press release)
American Dental Association – March 31, 2017
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and an apt time for dentists to consider their role in reporting child abuse, neglect and other forms of maltreatment. In 2015 nationwide, there were a reported 683,000 victims of child abuse and neglect, including 1,670 deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2017-archive/march/april-awareness-month-highlights-dentists-role-in-reporting-child-abuse