Dym Harry
Department of Dentistry/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, 121 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Dent Clin North Am. 2012 Jan;56(1):113-20, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.07.001. Epub 2011 Sep 1.
This article is devoted to risk-management strategies regarding oral surgical procedures in the general dental office. Lawsuits are more likely to be filed following poor outcomes related to oral surgical procedures rather than after operative or prosthetic dental procedures. The article is not meant to discourage practitioners from performing oral surgical procedures if they have the experience, training, and appropriate skill set to complete the planned procedure. Rather, it advises clinicians as to the steps one can take to limit the chances of litigation from occurring, and avoid the emotionally and painful time-consuming process associated with a malpractice lawsuit.
本文致力于探讨普通牙科诊所口腔外科手术的风险管理策略。与口腔外科手术相关的不良后果之后，比手术或假牙修复手术后更有可能提起诉讼。如果从业者有经验、受过培训且具备完成计划手术的适当技能，本文并非旨在劝阻他们进行口腔外科手术。相反，它就可以采取的步骤向临床医生提供建议，以限制诉讼发生的可能性，并避免与医疗事故诉讼相关的情感上痛苦且耗时的过程。
