[Legal aspects of failure in dentistry]

Conflicts between dentist and patient are increasing in a disquieting way. The reasons for this should be discovered. It seems indispensable to modify the attitude of the practitioner towards his patient, because the latter may have justified claims. To ignore them would mean to cause more trouble, indeed to lead water on the mill of those who would eliminate our liberal profession. Let us not forget that for many people, the practice of liberty is an insupportable challenge. It will be the attitude and psychological feeling which may enable us to avoid that state control of the whole profession.