Producing good quality goods should be the primary responsibility of the manufacturer, and ensuring good quality services is the responsibility of the government. Utilizing good quality services is the basic human right of each and every individual. Provision of efficient and effective quality health care to the public is one of the ethical principles. Assessment of quality of health care provided to the public can be done through clinical audit system. Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria, and the implementation of change. Clinical audit results in improved clinical practice, increased efficiency, better clinical outcomes or more cost-effective service. In India, there is hardly any audit system in dentistry though the concept has existed since a long time. This review is an insight on methodology of clinical audit and the need for implementation of such a system for dental practice in Indian scenario.
Clinical audit, dentistry, quality assurance, dental records
