Chambers David W
School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, USA.
J Am Coll Dent. 2003;70(3):9-17.
A small number of dentists abuse their patients and the public trust in the profession by practicing quackery or fraudulent or questionable dentistry. Such practitioners can be classified as incompetent, as treating their patients as a means to personal fulfillment, as operating beyond their legal qualifications, or as being quacks, charlatans, or frauds. Ethical practice requires all five of these characteristics: informed consent, high benefit to risk ratio, competence, professional integrity, and reasoned scientific basis for care. Quacks and frauds place their own interests and judgment above those of their patients and the profession. Ethical dentists have obligations to act to protect their patients and the profession in their relationships with patients and with colleagues, as a profession in dealing with the public, and as a research community.
少数牙医通过庸医行为、欺诈性或有问题的牙科治疗来虐待患者并辜负公众对该行业的信任。这类从业者可被归类为不称职，将患者当作实现个人满足的手段，超出其法定资质行医，或是庸医、江湖骗子或欺诈者。道德行医需要具备以下五个特征：知情同意、高收益风险比、能力、职业操守以及合理的科学护理依据。庸医和欺诈者将自身利益和判断置于患者及行业利益之上。有道德的牙医有义务在与患者及同事的关系中、作为一个行业与公众打交道时以及作为一个研究群体时，采取行动保护患者和行业。
