DENTAL ETHICS NOTES

TOPIC: DENTAL ETHICS

📌 SHORT NOTES

Dental ethics means moral duties and obligations of the dentist towards his patients, professional colleagues and to the society.

• Code of ethics was framed by the DCI in 1975

• Later notified by Government of India as “Dentists (code of ethics) Regulations 1976

• It is in force from August 1976

✳️ PRINCIPLES:

1. To Do No Harm (Non-Maleficence)

• Considered the foundation of social morality.
• Dental professionals must avoid causing harm, yet some may unintentionally break ethical limits.

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