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Published on: April 29, 2014
Betrayal of trust: reflections on questionable dental practices
1American Association of Dental Editors, USA. ekcurtis@eaznet.com
Abstract:
Dentistry is built on relationships of trust between individual practitioners and their patients and their colleagues. Increasing commercialism may be eroding some of that trust. An inventory of questionable practices is presented along with examples. These include inappropriate care that is unreasonable, aggressive, or intrusive; inappropriate billings, and misrepresentone's identity or qualifications. Although dentistry is predominantly provided by individual practitioners, it is not practiced in a vacuum.
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