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Unanticipated treatment complication and legal recourse
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
A middle - aged, partially edentulous Caucasian female patient presented to a general dentist for extraction of a mandibular tooth. The tooth was removed by the dentist, but following incomplete resolution of pain the ...
Dental ethics case 21: extreme makeovers - the ethics of aesthetic dentistry
(South African Dental Association, 2012)
Aesthetic sensibilities need to develop within the limits of physiological, morphological and occlusal parameters in restoring function and improving dentofacial and facial aesthetics.
Avoiding perverse incentives
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
A general dental practitioner was approached by a friend and colleague, a maxillo-facial surgeon, who had recently taken up rooms near her practice. He offered incentives to her for any surgical referrals she could provide. ...
Want to date a patient? Refer first
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
In dentistry, the dentist - patient interaction often
represents a long-term, close personal relationship that
involves friendship as well as professional responsibility. A
professional (the dentist) has two interests ...
Handling medical emergencies
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
Medical emergencies can occur at any time in the dental
surgery. Routine dental operations and procedures that generally
cause no harm or distress to fit and normal patients
may give rise to symptoms, alarming and of ...
Ethical considerations when treating patients with eating disorders
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
In South Africa, the prevalence of eating disorders remains
largely unknown. However with the unique, complex,
social and political transformation of the country and
increasing urbanization, it is anticipated that there ...
Ethical management of patients with hearing impairments
(South African Dental Association, 2014)
Mrs Zuma is a 75 year old patient who has been living
alone for six years since her husband died. Her hearing
has deteriorated over the past few years. She has lost all
her natural teeth and has been wearing upper and ...
Xenografts and Religious beliefs
(South African Dental Association, 2014)
A 24-year old Hindu female presented with missing central incisors
and grossly decayed lateral incisors. Her options were
varied - to have a fixed partial denture, removable partial denture,
or an implant supported ...
Privacy and disclosure in the consulting room
(South African Dental Association, 2014)
For many, the professional relationship between a dental
practitioner and a patient represents an ideal long-term,
close personal relationship that involves friendship as well
as professional responsibility. Privacy and ...
Adapting a community of practice model to design an innovative ethics curriculum in healthcare
(Karger, 2013)
The focus of healthcare ethics within the framework of ethical
principles and philosophical foundations has always, in
recent times, been the community, namely, the healthcare
provider, the patient or, in research, the ...