Education - Keeping your dental knowledge and skills up to date through reviewing relevant articles and taking continued education courses falls under which category?
Nonmaleficence
Post-Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens - Dentists should inform patients who may have been exposed to blood or infected materials during their visit.
Nonmaleficence
Patient Abandonment - Regardless of the reason, dentists should not discontinue treatment without giving patients the opportunity to obtain services elsewhere.
Nonmaleficence
Dentists should avoid personal relationships with patients
Nonmaleficence
This can impair professional judgment. Maintaining this boundary ensures that patient trust is not exploited.
Provide proficient and punctual care - the dentist must provide proficient and punctual care to their patients.
Beneficence
Emergency Services - As a dentist, you are responsible for making arrangements for patients seeking emergencies, regardless if they are your patients or not.
Justice
Justifiable Criticism - Report ongoing substandard dental care by colleagues to the appropriate professional bodies.
Justice
Testimony - Dentists can provide fair testimony in legal matters, given that it doesn’t involve contingent fees.
Justice
You cannot accept payment for testifying in a way that could lead to a favorable outcome for one party.
Rebates & Fee Splitting
Justice
Both rebates and fee splitting are unethical
_____ occurs when you share a portion of the fee collected with the dentist who referred the patient to you.
Fee splitting
_____ refer to refunds or discounts that customers receive after purchasing a product.
Rebates
Dental amalgam - you cannot remove a dental amalgam solely based on it being a toxic substance.
Veracity
it is unethical for the dentist to suggest their removal and replacement solely based on toxicity concerns. This principle applies to all restorative materials.
How long are you allowed to use the name of an inactive dentist on your business signage?
1 year
Reporting child abuse and neglect
Beneficence
Treating another dentists patient and sending the patient back to the referring dentist falls under which ethical principle?
Justice
Patient Autonomy Highlights
Non-Maleficence Highlights
Beneficence Highlights
Justice Highlights
Veracity Highlights
