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SANTANA, Jobson Luiz Bezerra de et al. Body and facial injuries in women submitted to check body of tort in Recife/PE, Brazil. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.2, pp. 133-136. ISSN 1677-3888.

Violence against women is a political and social issue, is something that society and the scientific community can not ignore. Thus, the presence of Dentistry, in terms of complex maxillofacial injuries in women, it is essential both in finding how to repair the damage. Thus a quantitative and analytical, with a cross-sectional design was conducted in order to characterize and facial injuries in women who underwent medical and legal experts at the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML) of the municipality of Recife, Brazil , occurred in the months of January, April and December 2005 and 2006, and January and April 2007. Data were compiled from the coroner's report and the information of interest statement transcribed m built for that purpose. The greater participation in the requests for a forensic examination to fit women's police stations. Predominated in the sample type injuries and bruising on more than one body region. On the face of the region most aff ected by violence was the middle third. The commonest injuries were associated with the tissues of the soft tissues. The gunman was predominantly the spouse and the lesions classified as mild were the most common.

Palavras-chave : Violence against women; Multiple trauma women; Agression facial injuries.