“In my mouth” : Part 11 : Ethical concerns regarding dental over-treatment and under-treatment

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Sykes, Leanne M.
Evans, William G.
Gani, Fatima

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South African Dental Association

Abstract

Dental practitioners have been accused of over-treating, failing to treat, or delaying treatment. However, deciding precisely on what constitutes each is not easy or clear cut, and it is often hard to draw a distinct line between necessary treatment and over- or under-servicing. Every dentist will have a different opinion depending on his/ her training, clinical perspective, philosophy towards intervention, facilities and personal viewpoints.1,2 Much like beauty, this obscurity makes each difficult to define, yet “we all know it when we see it”.

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Dental practitioners, Over-treatment, Under-treatment

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Sykes, L.M., Evans, W.G. & Gani, F. 2017, '“In my mouth” : Part 11 : Ethical concerns regarding dental over-treatment and under-treatment', South African Dental Journal, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 281-283.