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This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of Western Australian DHPs towards identifying and reporting CA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>General dentists, specialists, hygienists and oral health therapists completed an online questionnaire which assessed their knowledge and experience in identifying and reporting CA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 228 participants completed the questionnaire (representing 7% of DHPs, 60% of paediatric dentists and 11% of all dental hygienists and therapists in Western Australia). The majority of participants (66.2%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05) felt that they were unlikely to recognize a patient with physical abuse, or detect signs of sexual abuse (90.8%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Uncertainty around diagnosing abuse was a barrier towards reporting cases (86.4%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05) and most participants (78.0%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05) felt that they did not have adequate safeguarding training to report CA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Self\u2010reported confidence in identifying and reporting CA cases was low; with the majority of the dental professionals participating in this study unlikely to recognize signs of CA. 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