[Dental treatment--a form of medical assistance? (neglected assistance)]

The responsibility or providing medical care is not a lex special for the dentist because he is more qualified to offer assistance due to his status as a licensed dentist and his specialized knowledge. This involves several obligations. He must be personally convinced of the diagnosis and the necessity of treatment. he therefore cannot rely on information from assistants or laypersons. By extending temporal and spatial claims to the concept of accident in the medical area, the decisions of the Federal High Court have tended to develop 330 c StGB to a certain extent as a collective offense for those cases where malpractice cannot be demonstrated.