Violência contra mulher relacionada ao trauma de face

Abstract

Urban violence in Brazil has become a public health issue. It is present in the daily life of each Brazilian, producing a large number of victims, physical and emotional sequels. Maxillofacial trauma is a type of trauma that occurs on the face and head. The number of maxillofacial traumas may be associated with the exposure of this region of the body in cases of traffic accidents or an attempt to disfigure the face of the victims of aggression, urban violence, face trauma, trauma in women and compulsory notification. Notification of domestic violence by dentists contributes to the epidemiological dimension of the problem, allowing the development of specific programs and actions. The objective of this study was to compare the incidence of face trauma in women with violence and the need for compulsory notification by dentists. This study analyzed the events of urban violence through the maxillofacial traumas resulting from several articles made public. It was concluded that interpersonal violence and traffic accidents were the main etiological factors of facial trauma, being responsible for the majority of the cases treated surgically in the hospitals studied in the discussion of this work. When data are treated separately by gender, interpersonal violence is more frequent in women. Dentists have an obligation to report cases of domestic violence by the intimate partner who becomes aware during the care, failure to comply with this obligation may lead them to respond legally and ethically to the omission. Keywords: urban violence, face trauma, trauma in women and compulsory notification.