1Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha India
2Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha India
3Reader, Department of Periodontics & Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha India
4Post-graduates, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences,Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Satya Ranjan Misra, Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O ’Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar 751003, Odisha, India
Online published on 2 February, 2019.
The work of a dental expert who honestly prompts an individual or causes mental anxiety because of absence of proper or decent measure of working aptitudes can be classed as carelessness prompting to dental negligence. The main reason for dental malpractice is increased competition, advertising, higher costs for education and for opening a practice, lower incidence of tooth decay due to fluoridation and better oral hygiene, diminished dental education in methods & science, and the failure of organized dentistry to develop guidelines and polices for combating quackery. This article reviews the numerous causes leading to malpractice.
Dental radiographs, malpractice, misdiagnosis, negligence, restoration
