| dc.contributor.author | Naidoo, Sudeshni | |
| dc.contributor.author | Du Toit, J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-03T14:33:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-03T14:33:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Naidoo, S. and Du Toit, J. (2015). Unanticipated treatment complication and legal recourse. South African Dental Journal, 70(2): 76 - 77 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0011-8516 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2280 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 patient returned three months later for a consultation. The dentist diagnosed an abscess following radiographic investigation and referred the patient to a specialist who diagnosed a fracture of the mandible. The fracture had occurred unbeknown to the dentist and was consequently treated by a reduction procedure. The patient has since pursued legal action against the dentist. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | South African Dental Association | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | This file may be freely used for educational uses. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the South African Dental Association (SADA). Note that the SADA retains all intellectual property rights in the article. | |
| dc.source.uri | http://ref.scielo.org/mfncpr | |
| dc.subject | Ethics | |
| dc.subject | Dental ethics | |
| dc.subject | Patients | |
| dc.subject | Legislative interventions | |
| dc.subject | Legal recourse | |
| dc.title | Unanticipated treatment complication and legal recourse | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | FALSE | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | TRUE | |
| dc.description.accreditation | DHET | en_US |
