Summary
Endodontic procedures are both challenging and technically demanding resulting in treatments that may have fallen short of acceptable guidelines. Occasionally the dentist may be open to litigation on the basis of clinical negligence. Failure to communicate with patients about the procedure and not obtaining consent for treatment is a key area of complaint, as is inadequate record keeping. When treatment is undertaken within the framework of accepted guidelines, it would be very difficult for a patient to open a claim for clinical negligence should a failure occur.
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Patel, B. (2015). Ethics and Law. In: Endodontic Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment Planning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15591-3_5
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