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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.
There are specific principles and procedures surrounding young patients' consent to dental treatment.
Before releasing information about a patient to a third party, you must get the patient's permission - except in exceptional circumstances.
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.
Can a 16-year old patient refuse consent to dental treatment that would be in their best interests?
Patient management skills have been under increased pressure during the last year, so here's our refresher on managing difficult patient interactions.
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Perhaps now more than ever, there is an opportunity for dental professionals to play a vital role in protecting at-risk patients.
It's natural to want to help those close to you, but the DDU still receives calls from members asking about the possible ethical and professional implications of treating friends and relatives.
A DDU member was confronted by the dissatisfied parent of a young patient.