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Effective Term:
Fall 2024 through Winter 2025

Course Number:
DA 162
Course Title:
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Dentistry
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
10
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Explores the legal and ethical dimensions of the dental profession, and professional standards and responsibilities as established by dental professions. Discusses legal framework governing dental practice, including laws and regulations specific to patient privacy, informed consent, record-keeping, and professional liability. Examines ethical principles and codes of conduct, fostering ethical decision-making and promoting professionalism in patient care.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Identify and discuss key laws and regulations governing dental practice, including those related to patient privacy, informed consent, recordkeeping, and professional liability.
  2. Recognize and respond to ethical situations commonly encountered in the dental practice and select the most appropriate ethical course of action based on established principles and codes of conduct.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

  • Quizzes

  • Midterm

  • Final

  • Textbook and classroom assignments

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Themes:

  • Ethics

  • Legal aspects of dentistry

Concepts: 

  • The Oregon Dental Practice Act

  • Licensure vs. Certification

  • Violations

  • Qualifications for Licenses

  • Appeals Process

  • Members of the Oregon Board of Dentistry

  • Duties of the Board of Dentistry

  • Requirements for Licensure: 

    • Dentists

    • Dental Hygienists

  • Other Endorsements for Dental Hygienists

  • Defined Practice Limits

  • EFDA, EFODA, Restorative requirements for Dental Assistants

  • Legal and ethical aspects of dentistry

  • Ethical Theory

  • Autonomy and Informed Consent

  • Case Studies

  • Professional Behavior

  • Plagiarism and Cheating

  • Charting/Documentation

Issues:

  • Time management 

  • Organization