Dental implant jurisprudence: avoiding the legal failures.

Full Abstract

The law measures the quality of dentistry by the "standard of care" as defined by the courts. The ultimate judges of the facts in a malpractice suit are usually juries made up mostly of lay people. Ignorance of the legal requirements for dentistry, and specifically dental implants, unnecessarily exposes today's dental health care provider to such suits. However, with a reasonable understanding of the legal issues and requirements surrounding the standard of care, a dentist may avoid becoming embroiled in a malpractice claim.

Author information

Author/s: Curley, Arthur W (AW);

Affiliation: University of the Pacific, San Francisco.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal (Indiana Dental Association) (J Indiana Dent Assoc), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-; vol 81 (issue 3) : pp 29-34

Dates: Created 2002/11/05; Completed 2003/01/21; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12415918, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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