Endodontic malpractice claims in Denmark 1995-2004
| Autor: | Claes Reit, Lars Bjørndal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Polymers Denmark MEDLINE Insurance Claim Review Dentistry Endodontics Root Canal Filling Materials Danish Sex Factors Formaldehyde Malpractice Female patient Complaint Root filling Humans Medicine General Dentistry Dentist-Patient Relations business.industry Communication Age Factors Middle Aged Insurance Liability Dissent and Disputes language.human_language Root Canal Therapy Governing Board Family medicine Anti-Infective Agents Local language Equipment Failure Female business Root Canal Preparation |
| Zdroj: | International Endodontic Journal. 41:1059-1065 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2591 0143-2885 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2008.01455.x |
| Popis: | Aim To study the reasons for and outcome of malpractice claims handled by the regional and national Danish Dental Complaint Boards (DCB) from 1995 to 2004. Specific attention was paid to endodontic claims. Three hypotheses were explored: endodontic malpractice claims are frequent, they are mostly due to technical shortcomings and male dentists are overrepresented. Methodology The reasons for the claims were classified and assigned to at least one of 14 categories. Cases assigned to the ‘endodontic treatment’ category were further sub-categorized, and reasons for malpractice were examined. An age and gender analysis of dentists and complaining patients was performed only on data obtained from the endodontic cases. Results Overall, 3611 malpractice claims were registered. In 43% of the cases the dentist was judged to be guilty of malpractice. In the majority of the appealed cases the original verdict was affirmed (62.2%) by the national DCB. After crown & bridge treatment (23%) endodontic treatment was the next frequent malpractice claim (13.7%), in which ‘technical complications or incorrect treatment’ was the most frequent sub-categorization (28.4%). Reasons for endodontic malpractice verdicts were related to root filling quality, the use of a paraformaldehyde product and instrument fracture. Male dentists were most often involved in an endodontic claim, and the majority of complainants were females. Conclusions Endodontic malpractice claims were relatively common in Denmark. Perceived technical shortcomings dominated the patients′ complaints concerning root canal treatment. Male dentists and female patients were overrepresented indicating a gender influence on aspects of the doctor-patient communication important for liability claims. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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