Invading Deeply into Self and Everyday Life: How Oral Health-Related Problems Affect the Lives of Child Sexual Abuse Survivors

Dental care of patients exposed to sexual abuse: Need for alliance between staff and patients

“…The present study highlights the importance of putting the patient in focus (i.e., adopting an individually tailored treatment approach), and, as reported earlier, making an effort to empower the patient to cope with undergoing dental treatment [47]. Thereby, the dental care provider is alert to signs of discomfort and implicitly or explicitly expressed patient needs, in order to achieve a successful treatment outcome from both dental care provider and patient perspectives.…”

Preparing for attack and recovering from battle: Understanding child sexual abuse survivors' experiences of dental treatment

“…The findings may enhance a deeper understanding and empathy from health workers when faced with the social challenges of CSA survivors in their everyday life 15 . In order to express genuine empathy in a trauma‐sensitive approach by dentists, this psychological perspective is very important 16 …”

“…In conclusion, the findings confirm the complexity of dental care and treatment in CSA survivors. The analysis of the psychological perspective giving the core concept ‘Preparing for attack and recovering from the battle’ increases insight in how dental care affects life in general, 15 before, during and after dental treatment.…”

“…This study is part of a multidisciplinary study 14‐16 . All informants were recruited through four Centres Against Sexual Abuse (SMSO).…”

“…Two articles were recently published. In the first study, the focus was set on social perspective of how oral health‐related problems affect the lives of CSA survivors, and found that these problems affect their everyday lives in many ways including the understanding of self 15 . In the second study, the dental perspective focused on what makes adult dentistry possible for CSA survivors.…”