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Legal aspects of general dental practice 9780443100383 us. Understanding nhs dentistry and legal aspects of general dental practice churchill livingstone and has contributed legal and ethical content to a number of text books and journals and websites. It offers a practical guide to the fundamental legal principles and concepts that need to be understood by all dentists. My aim is always to clarify the law for the practitioner, to break down the barriers created by law and its language and to give practitioners working in radiography and radiology an understanding of the legal framework within which they practise. Highlights the clinical risk areas in general dental practice and ways of managing these risks helps the dentist address the prime concern that treatments should be defensible and justifiable takes account of variations in law within british isles and ireland eg scottish law. Dental practice management legal definition of dental. What follows is a synopsis of the book and characters after which we will give a dental twist for.
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