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    • Patient Safety
    • Risk Management

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    • Dental practitioners aim to provide safe patient care.
    • Patient injuries can occur during dental procedures or office incidents.
    • Understanding the types of dental injuries is crucial for prevention.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To outline common patient injuries in dental settings.
    • To inform dentists about potential treatment-related and accidental harm.
    • To emphasize the importance of addressing patient safety in dentistry.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of dental injury data.
    • Analysis of incident reports.
    • Information compilation from dental insurance sources.

    Main Results:

    • Dental treatment can lead to various injuries.
    • Accidents such as slips and falls also cause patient harm.
    • Specific injuries include burns, lacerations, foreign body ingestion, and allergic reactions.

    Conclusions:

    • Patient safety is a critical concern in dental practice.
    • Dentists must be prepared for and mitigate potential patient injuries.
    • Proactive measures can reduce the incidence of dental-related harm.