Medical errors leading to adverse events can occur in dentistry. The literature indicates that such errors broadly include: er¬rors related to the prescription of medication, errors based on neglecting current scientific evidence regarding treatment, errors occurring during treatment or associated with improper maintenance of equipment, errors based on failure to properly maintain patient records, errors arising from the failure to ac¬quire informed consent, the failure to establish and maintain appropriate infection control measures, the failure to properly diagnose, the failure to prevent accidents or complications as¬sociated with care or to pursue appropriate follow-up care when they occur, and the failure to follow authoritative dictates re¬flecting current standard of care or practice rules or regulations established by individual state laws. This course reviews the most common medical errors likely to occur in the practice of dentistry.
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