Dentists see domestic violence more intimately than most people.

To them, domestic violence can be loosened, fractured teeth, ripped flesh in the mouth, fingertip-shaped bruising and blood vessel damage on the neck caused by strangulation.

Dentists see these details from centimetres away and a Vancouver prosecutor and anti-domestic violence campaigner says that could potentially save a victim.

“Dentists are really in a superb position,” said Jocelyn Coupal, a 59-year-old prosecutor who lives and works in Vancouver.

“A dentist is already examining