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Professional Responsibility in Dentistry: A Practical Guide to Law and Ethics integrates dental law, risk management, professionalism, and ethics, as all are interrelated in everyday practice. Beyond theory, the fact-based approach of this book shows examples of various situations the dentist may face. Dr.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Legal Concepts	p. 3
The Lawsuit	p. 5
True Case 1: Miscarriage due to endodontics	p. 5
True Case 2: Changing the chart	p. 6
True Case 3: Saving the case for trial	p. 7
Reference	p. 8
The Regulation of Dentistry	p. 9
True Case 4: Dental state board case of fractured porcelain... MORE	p. 10
Federal oversight	p. 11
True Case 5: OSHA	p. 13
Licensure	p. 15
Continuing education	p. 16
Permits	p. 17
Professional misconduct and unprofessional conduct	p. 18
True Case 6: Forfeit of license	p. 19
True Case 7: Lost his license	p. 19
Auxiliary personnel	p. 20
True Case 8: Assistant extracted tooth	p. 20
Advertising	p. 22
True Case 9: Dental society denial	p. 23
References	p. 23
Definitions and Legal Concepts	p. 25
True Case 10: Amalgam tattoo = melanoma	p. 26
True Case 11: Divorce due to parasthesia	p. 27
True Case 12 (True Case 1 Revisited): Lawsuit due to dentist's criticism	p. 27
References	p. 31
The Practice of Dentistry	p. 33
The Doctor-Patient Relationship	p. 35
True Case 13: Food for fillings	p. 36
True Case 14: No pay, no crown	p. 39
References	p. 39
May You Refuse To Treat?	p. 41
References	p. 42
The Medical-Dental History	p. 43
True Case 15: Only Boniva	p. 44
True Case 16: Only heart surgery	p. 45
Reference	p. 46
Child Abuse	p. 47
True Case 17: Child neglect	p. 49
References	p. 49
Informed Consent	p. 51
True Case 18: Implants include the teeth	p. 52
True Case 19: Signed consent? Forgery	p. 55
True Case 20: Two for one	p. 56
True Case 21: Teenage pregnancy	p. 57
True Case 22: Lawyer threatens: write off patient's balance or be sued	p. 58
References	p. 59
Records	p. 61
References	p. 67
Statute of Limitations	p. 69
Reference	p. 71
Abandonment	p. 73
True Case 23: Patient outsmarts dentist	p. 76
References	p. 76
Standard of Care	p. 77
Challenges	p. 85
References	p. 86
Peer Review	p. 87
True Case 24: Peer review	p. 88
References	p. 88
Risk Management	p. 89
True Case 25: Too many "near misses"	p. 91
The dos and don'ts of risk management	p. 91
If you are sued	p. 96
True Case 26 (True Case 6 revisited): Dentist leaves state	p. 96
True Case 27 (True Case 2 revisited): Changing the chart	p. 97
Practice enhancement through risk management	p. 98
True Case 28: Who knows what is going on?	p. 99
References	p. 104
Employees and Associates	p. 105
True Case 29: Extra-long vacation	p. 107
Reference	p. 107
Professionalism and Ethics	p. 109
Professionalism	p. 111
References	p. 116
Ethics	p. 117
True Case 30: Patient doesn't want referral	p. 118
True Case 31: I don't want my teeth	p. 119
True Case 32: Fractured porcelain	p. 121
True Case 33: No pay, no treatment	p. 123
References	p. 125
Professional Ethical Situations Based on True Cases	p. 127
New Dentist Issues	p. 131
Associateships	p. 133
True Case 34: Dentist reopened next door	p. 135
True Case 35: Dentist takes all patient records to new office	p. 135
True Case 36: Buy what you built?	p. 137
True Case 37: Earn your pay	p. 138
References	p. 139
Starting or Buying a Practice	p. 141
True Case 38: Do you see me now?	p. 141
True Case 39: You can run but you can't hide	p. 142
True Case 40: Poof! You're moving	p. 143
True Case 41: Bankrupt	p. 145
References	p. 149
Marketing for a Successful Practice	p. 151
True Case 42: Keeping it in the family	p. 157
True Case 43: Keep the patients coming	p. 158
True Case 44: Insurance company approves treatment but then doesn't pay	p. 161
References	p. 163
Co-diagnosing, or Gaining the Patient's Trust	p. 165
True Case 45: Denture time	p. 167
Reference	p. 170
Employee Management	p. 171
Reference	p. 177
Multispecialty Practice	p. 179
Forms	p. 185
General release for dental treatment	p. 185
Consent for pulpal debridement and endodontic treatment	p. 186
Consent for oral surgery	p. 187
Consent for periodontal surgery	p. 188
General consent for surgical and invasive procedures	p. 189
Refusal of treatment / referral	p. 190
Termination letter	p. 191
What you should know about financing your dental treatment	p. 192
Authorization for release of dental records	p. 193
Index	p. 195
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Joseph P. Graskemper, DDS, JD, is a practicing dentist who also holds a law degree. His practice experience includes being the sole owner of a multi-specialty practice for twenty years in San Diego, California, an expert witness for more than twenty years, a published author of journal and magazine articles in the U.S. and internationally, and a speaker at dental conferences across the U.S. Dr. Graskemper is the past director of professional responsibility and the past editor of the Post Graduate Literature Review Journal at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, where he is an associate clinical professor.

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