Re: Husband's Bridge

From: Dr. David Leader (leaderdmd_at_juno.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: 12 Jun 2004 19:00:25 -0700

This disclaimer?:

"This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes
only.
Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before
acting on
the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined
you
in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will
affect
your health."

Dr. Eichen,

You may want to add to this disclaimer that dentists are not able to
give legal advice. Another item to add is that laws, regulations and
standards of care may vary depending on location. Then again, the
disclaimer does not give us license to give bad advice or to impune
our collegues.

Maybe it would be better to follow the ADA's Principles of Ethics and
Code of Professional Conduct from Section 4.C. JUSTIFIABLE CRITICISM.
"…Patients should be informed of their present oral health status
without
disparaging comment about prior services. In other words we may say,
"there is a problem with your bridge." We should not say,
"...it's quite possible that the dental offices most eager to
use ancillary personnel for this crucial procedure didn't take that
much care with the preps to start with, so it wouldn't really matter
."

It's very difficult to give people helpful advice in this format. We
usually don't have all of the necessary information. This thread is a
good example.

Since we got the information 2nd hand, 2nd lay person hand, it is
difficult to asses the reliability of the information. Was the bridge
a temp? If so, many jurisdictions allow Certified or Registered dental
assistants to fabricate temps and cement them. The "...Illegal..."
comment is without foundation since we don't know the actual procedure
or the laws of the state.

The comment may get back to the patient 2nd hand as well. It could be
transformed into, "Honey, a Dentist says that's illegal." Think of
our collegue who now would have to take the time to explain the
regulations of his state and how what he does in his office is not
illegal. This could precitate a complaint to the state dental
society. If that happens, it may make work for the volunteer peer
review committee in the treating dentist's district. All because of
bad advice.

To the person who began this thread I remind you that you did not pay
for any of the advice you have recieved.

David Leader, DMD

"Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S." <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<r42nc09tieq84hti970o6o7sq423agjm4d@4ax.com>...
> This is true. Please remember our DISCLAIMER.
>
> JOEL
>
>

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