Medico-legal aspects in dentistry

Abstract

Dentists as healthcare professionals have a duty and standard for patient care. Any violation in the duty and practice makes dentists liable to negligence & legal actions. Law protects the dentists as well as ensures ethical practice. With the steady increase in the number of dental graduates and decrease number of job facilities,the dental profession seems to descend of its ethical standards. So a thorough knowledge about the medico-legal aspects is mandatory for smooth execution & delivery of productive services. In this paper we review comprehensively different aspects of avoiding negligence.