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Find a wealth of expert guidance and practical advice to help you practise with confidence. Everything from safeguarding to consent, writing reports to investigations, plus our guide to professional indemnity for dentists.
Patients may give consent, but they may also refuse or restrict it.
A detailed guide to your obligations and the guidance and legislation surrounding safeguarding in England.
Consent can be given by one person with parental responsibility, although in some circumstances it's appropriate to have both parents' agreement...
There are specific principles and procedures surrounding young patients' consent to dental treatment.
These cases are understandably very sensitive, and your assessment should take into account other possible contributory factors...
You can treat a child under 16 without their parents' consent if you consider them to be Gillick-competent...
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Before releasing information about a patient to a third party, you must get the patient's permission - except in exceptional circumstances.
It is generally up to schools to confirm that a child has booked or attended a dental appointment...
Watch our on-demand webinar about the principles of consent and capacity and the considerations that should be considered before making decisions on behalf of minors and adults lacking capacity.