International Overview on Dental Damage Compensation

Abstract

After a brief international overview on the legislative and juridical frameworks of pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses related to dental injury, this chapter illustrates the methods of ascertainment and criteria of evaluation to be used for assessing these specific kinds of losses. In particular, the chapter describes in detail the medical interview; the physical examination of the claimant; the additional clinical and radiological investigations; the methods and criteria to be used for identifying, describing, and estimating any dental injury/damage; the treatment expenses; the temporary and permanent impairment; and the causal value/link between the event and the dental injury/damage.