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Rezende EJC, Araujo TM, Morales MAS, Santana JSS, Radicchi R. Rev. Bras. Epidemiol. 2008; 10(2): 202-214. |
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(Copyright © 2008, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva) |
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Violence has been a growing problem in the past years in Brazil. Violence against women has become clearer to society after victims started filing accusations of aggression. This study aims to describe data on lesions in women, victims of aggression in the region of the mouth, sent to the Dental Sector of the Legal Medical Institute in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The records and verdicts of the section from January 2001 to June 2002 were analyzed, when 108 women were seen. Ages ranged mostly between 20 and 39 (70.4%). Most of them reported being single (63.0%); 24% were housemaids; 21.3% were housewives; 14% worked in the commerce; and 48.1% came from the countryside. Victims from the Sectional Police Station were more frequent than those from the Women's Police Station. The most frequent lesion in soft tissues was laceration; in the hard tissues and in the pulp, there were enamel and dentin fractures without complications; concussions prevailed in the periodontal tissues; two lesions in bone tissues were observed. Results pointed out toward the need to take special care in the collection of data during forensic exams in order to better understand the situations related to violence against women; it also showed that the lesions studied are frequent, growing in numbers and represent a major demand for public health dentistry services. Language: pt |