ETHICAL PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING DENTISTS IN THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

Autores

  • Fernanda Capurucho Horta Bouchardet PUC-PR
  • Andrea Gomes Prates Health Clinics of the Military Police of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Mario Marques Fernandes Legal Odontology, Social Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Romilda de Melo Alves Branco Former president of the Ethics Committee of the Regional Council of Odontology of Minas Gerais (CRO-MG)
  • Rogério Nogueira de Oliveira Legal Odontology, Social Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21117/rbol.v3i1.50

Palavras-chave:

Dental Ethics, Professional Ethics, Forensic dentistry

Resumo

Introduction: The competition in dentistry work market is more aggressive over the time due to the growing population of professionals. Consequently, ethical proceedings become more common highlighting the importance of bioethical training and education in the routine of dentistry. Objective: To analyze ethical proceeding prosecuted and adjudicated at the Regional Council of Odontology of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the period between 2005 and 2011. Material and methods: Nine hundred fifty-five ethical proceedings were analyzed according to 1) the related reasons justifying ethical suits; and 2) its respective sentences and penalties. A retrospective observational transversal study was designed in the database of the Regional Council of Odontology of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Descriptive statistics was performed. Results: The most prevalent reasons justifying ethical suits were the irregular advertising and the lack of performing the recommended technique (30.4%). Moreover, unregistered dental clinics and laboratories comprehended 25.5% of the total reasons. The investigation of sentences revealed that dentists were mostly convicted (33.8%). Conclusion: A linear growing trend of ethical proceedings is observed along the investigated period, revealing that dentists are often convicted in face of ethical infractions.

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2016-03-11

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