Endodontic Records and Legal Responsibilities.

      Аннотация: Endodontic therapy records serve as an important map to document and guide the clinician’s journey down the correct diagnostic and treatment path. Documentation is essential to attaining endodontic excellence.The dental record must contain sufficient information to identify the patient, support the diagnosis, justify the treatment, and document the course and result of treatment, and it should be designed to protect the patient’s welfare. Records also are fundamental means of communication among health care professionals.This book contains information about the importance of maintaining dental records, what a dental record should contain and how it can be useful. Also, everything about legal perspectives that a clinician should be aware of.

Ключевые слова: Dental records, legal resposibilities in endodontics