Minor's request for confidentiality
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Date
2014
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South African Dental Association
Abstract
Following uncomplicated root canal treatment on a lower
molar tooth, the 14 year old patient presented a few weeks
later, together with her mother, complaining about an ulcer
on her palate. Her mother assumed the lesion was related
to the earlier dental treatment. On examination, the ulcer on
the palate appeared to be a syphilitic chancre. I informed
the patient that I did not think that the lesion was related to
the recent RCT but rather looked very much like a sexually
transmitted lesion. I then carefully asked if she had recently
had oral sex and she said "Yes, with my boyfriend, but
please do not tell my mother!"
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Dental practice, Patients, Treatment, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Privacy
Citation
Naidoo, S., Du Toit. J. (20104). Minor's request for confidentiality. South African Dental Journal, 69(6): 279-280