(1) introduction to dental ethics

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Introduction :

Dental EthicsBy

Dr. Haider Alwaeli


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Introduction

Ethics: The rules or principles, which govern right conduct;the science of moral obligation; a system of moralprinciples; and the morality of one's conduct towardsothers

Ethical Standards:Correlation of ethical standards withhigh social status

Conduct:How to perform for reaction, under certain

circumstances (way to express behavior)

Declaration:Very strong statement (stronger than code)


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What is Dental ethics?

Is an intrinsic component of dental practice

Everyday dentists are faced with situationsthat call for ethical judgment and behavior


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Example Cases

Dr. Steven Gerrard has been in practice for32 years, his older patients are quit happyfrom the services he provided and devotion,Jenifer Aniston 28 years female one of hispatient clearly asked him for referral toorthodontist for correction of mild overbite,Dr. Gerrard refused to do that because he

believed it is unnecessary


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Example Cases

Dr. David Villa is a newly qualified endodontist,has just taken the practice of the onlyendodontist of a medium-sized community.During his first 3 months in practice heconcerned about a significant number ofpatients referred by one of the generalpractice dentists show evidence of

substandard treatment


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What are these questions?

They are questions about values,rights & responsibilities


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Why Studying Ethics?

As long as the dentist knowledgeable & skillful ethicsdoes not matter

Ethics is learned in the family , not in the dental school Ethics is learned by observing how senior dentists act,

not through books or lectures

Ethics is important , but our curriculum already crowded

& no room for teaching ethics


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Historical Background

Hippocratic Oath(5th Century BC)

Declaration of Geneva

International Code of Medical Ethics

Declaration of Helsinki (1964)

Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI):

International Principle of Ethics for the DentalProfession (1973)


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Hippocratic Oath (5th Century BC)







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International Code of Medical

EthicsDuties of doctors in general

Maintain high standards of professional

conduct

Practice uninfluenced by motives of profit

Duties of doctors to the sick

Obligation to preserve human life

Seek second opinions when necessary

Confidentiality

Obligation to provide emergency care


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Unethical practices

Self advertisement beyond that authorized

Working in other than one's field

Fee-splitting

Intra-professional relations

A doctor should behave to colleagues as he would havethem to behave to him

must not entice patients from his colleague

Observation the principles of the Declaration of

Geneva

International Code of Medical

Ethics


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Recommendations guiding medical doctors to

biomedical research involving human subjects

Adopted by the 18th World Medical Assembly,

Helsinki, Finland, 1964 & as revised by the 29th

World Medical Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, 1975



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General Contents of Previous

Documents

Doctor's obligation to patients

Doctor's obligation to work for progress of science

Duties to community

Confidentiality

Relations between colleagues of the medical

profession


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References

American Dental Association

Principles of Ethics and Code of

Professional conduct:January2005.

FDI World Dental Federation:

Dental Ethics Manual: 2007.


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