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Ethics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abandonment | A professional ending a care relationship without providing sufficient notice or ensuring proper care. |
| General supervision | Regulatory concept where a dentist authorizes a specific procedure but does not need to be physically present during its execution. |
| Civil Law | Legal principles that define a dentists professional obligations and the consequences of breaching them. |
| Criminal Law | Intersects when a dentists actions or inactions become egregious, they violate societal standards and legal statuses, such as practicing without a license. |
| Expanded Function | Focuses on the legal and moral obligations of EFDAs, who perform advanced procedures under dentists supervision, emphasizing patient well being & honesty. |
| Tort | Civil wrong or injury that a patient can sue for, most often being dental malpractice. |
| Dental Auxiliary | Involves core principles of patient autonomy, normalficinece, beneficence, justice, and veracity. |
| Nonmaleficence | An ethical principle requiring individuals to avoid causing harm to others, |
| Implied Consent | When a patients actions like sitting in a dental chair and opening their mouth, suggests consent for a routine examination. |
| Licensure | Ensures a dentist is qualified, provides moral framework for practice, guiding dentists to prioritize patient well being. |
| Malpractice | Legal claim based on a dentists negligence misconduct that resultsd in patients harm. |
| Patient of record | refers to a patient who has an established dental partnership w a specific dental or dental practice., |
| Autonomy | the state of self governance and independence, allowing individual group or org to make their own decisions. |
| Reciprocity | the ethical obligation for dentists to return societies support with a commitment to a public good |
| Direct Supervison | Where the dentist is directly supervising, diagnoses the condition, authorizes the dental procedure. |
| Res gestae | statements or actions that are so spontaneous and closely connected to a dental event( alleged negligence fo) |
| Res ispa loquitur | Legal doctrine that directly relates to a dentists ethical duty of nonmaleficence, or doing no harm. |
| Respondeat Superior | A legal doctrine, that holds an employer liable for the negligent or wrongful acts of its employees. |
| Written consent | Written consent is an explicit, documented form or permission or agreement from one party to another for a specific action, such as a med procedure. |
| TSBDE | Texas board of dental examiners, a state agency responsible for licensing dentists and dental hygienist in Texas. |
| Libel | A published false statement that is damaging to a persons reputation. A written defamation. |
| Slander | Legal term for a false, oral statement that harms another persons reputation. |
| The Good Samaritan law | Offers legal protection from liability to individuals who rpovide emergency assistance to someone in need, encouraging them to help without fear of being sued for accidental harm. |
| Due care | Is the level of judgment, attention, prudence, and caution tha a reasonable person would exercise in a given situation to prevent harm to others, |
| Confidentiality | the state of keeping or being kept private |
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