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Professional and lay attitudes about the role of the dentist in the health sciences is changing perceptibly [16-18]. The view that the activities of the dentist are limited to manipulations of the teeth is being replaced by the view that the dentist is an important member of the health team. To be sure, medical colleagues may still ask why a dentist is in the nursery or elsewhere in the hospital and for the lay public may still ask what genetics has to do with dentistry or vice versa. But "the times, they are a-changing." There is an expanded responsibility for dentists in today's world and a significant part of that responsibility involves the provision of genetic services: diagnosis and counseling. There is no doubt in my mind that the following statement that I make to medical students and colleagues is as true for dentists as for physicians: the failure to provide genetic counseling when it is indicated is malpractice.
专业人士和普通大众对牙医在健康科学领域角色的看法正在发生明显变化[16 - 18]。认为牙医的活动仅限于牙齿操作的观点，正被牙医是健康团队重要成员的观点所取代。诚然，医学同行可能仍会问为什么牙医会在托儿所或医院的其他地方，而普通大众可能仍会问遗传学与牙科有什么关系，反之亦然。但“时代在变”。在当今世界，牙医的责任有所扩大，其中很大一部分责任涉及提供遗传服务：诊断和咨询。在我看来，我对医学生和同事所说的以下这句话，对牙医和医生同样适用：在需要时未能提供遗传咨询就是医疗过失。
