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- Title
What is a dentist's duty?
- Authors
Green, John M.
- Abstract
The article reflects on a court case wherein two dentists have been sued for an alleged malpractice upon misdiagnosing tongue cancer to a 75-year-old female patient with oral lesions. The case serves a challenge over the common notion wherein general dentists and oral surgeons are free from any liabilities. Several points and risk management issues to be considered are discussed which emphasizes the conduct of routined oral cancer screening on all patients regardless of no known symptoms.
- Subjects
ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); DENTAL malpractice; DENTAL practice management; HEALTH risk assessment; EARLY detection of cancer; ORAL cancer diagnosis
- Publication
CDS Review, 2012, Vol 105, Issue 7, p16
- ISSN
0091-1666
- Publication type
Article