DENTAL ETHICS AND JURISPRUDENCE
(PDNT 311-01) FINAL EXAM2026 WITH
160 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY
GRADED A+ DENTAL ETHICS AND
JURISPRUDENCE LATEST EXAM 2026
How are ethics different from laws?
Ethics are less specific and involve gray areas
What is the Chief Client in dentistry?
The patient or set of persons whose well-being the profession serves
What defines the Ideal Relationship Between Dentist and Patient?
Mutual respect, with both dentist and patient contributing important values
What are Central Values in dentistry?
,The profession's expertise focuses on certain values which must be secured for
clients
What is professional Competence?
The obligation to acquire and maintain expertise necessary for professional tasks
What is the Relative Priority of the Patient's Well-being?
It is given considerable but not absolute priority
What are Ideal Relationships Between Co-professionals?
Professional obligations to co-professionals across many categories
What is the Relationship Between Dentistry and the Larger Community?
Professional obligations extend to the larger community and nonprofessional
groups
What do Integrity and Education represent in dentistry?
How a person communicates values through actions, decisions, and presentation
Why is the dentist-patient relationship both difficult and rewarding?
,Because patients vary in their ability to make or participate in treatment decisions
What factors impact patient decision-making?
Age, disability, competence vs. incompetence, ability for autonomous choice
When a patient's preferences are unknown, what standard should guide decisions?
Best interest standard
What factors define a best interest decision?
Pain and suffering, potential for benefit, impairments, quality of life
When should an ethics committee be consulted?
When no surrogate is available, disagreements about surrogates or treatment exist,
or surrogate's decisions conflict with patient's best interests
What are the four abilities required for Autonomous Decision Making?
1) Understand cause and effect; 2) See and choose among alternatives; 3) Conceive
of self as chooser; 4) Form and choose values and principles
What are common ethical violations in the clinical setting?
, Breaches of confidentiality, failure to disclose mistakes, overtreatment, fraudulent
documentation, deceptive marketing, impaired colleagues, lack of sterilization,
romantic relationships with patients, patient abandonment
What does HIPAA regulate?
Individually identifiable health information related to health status, care, or
payment
What types of information does HIPAA cover?
Past, present, or future physical/mental health, provision of care, or payment for
care
What is "Bait and Switch" in deceptive dental marketing?
Advertising one service or price but pushing unnecessary, more expensive
treatments
What are examples of Unneeded Procedures in marketing?
Recommending total tooth extraction and implants when simpler options would
suffice
1. Which of the following is an academic violation for dental students?
a. Furnishing false information
b. Perfect exam attendance
(PDNT 311-01) FINAL EXAM2026 WITH
160 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY
GRADED A+ DENTAL ETHICS AND
JURISPRUDENCE LATEST EXAM 2026
How are ethics different from laws?
Ethics are less specific and involve gray areas
What is the Chief Client in dentistry?
The patient or set of persons whose well-being the profession serves
What defines the Ideal Relationship Between Dentist and Patient?
Mutual respect, with both dentist and patient contributing important values
What are Central Values in dentistry?
,The profession's expertise focuses on certain values which must be secured for
clients
What is professional Competence?
The obligation to acquire and maintain expertise necessary for professional tasks
What is the Relative Priority of the Patient's Well-being?
It is given considerable but not absolute priority
What are Ideal Relationships Between Co-professionals?
Professional obligations to co-professionals across many categories
What is the Relationship Between Dentistry and the Larger Community?
Professional obligations extend to the larger community and nonprofessional
groups
What do Integrity and Education represent in dentistry?
How a person communicates values through actions, decisions, and presentation
Why is the dentist-patient relationship both difficult and rewarding?
,Because patients vary in their ability to make or participate in treatment decisions
What factors impact patient decision-making?
Age, disability, competence vs. incompetence, ability for autonomous choice
When a patient's preferences are unknown, what standard should guide decisions?
Best interest standard
What factors define a best interest decision?
Pain and suffering, potential for benefit, impairments, quality of life
When should an ethics committee be consulted?
When no surrogate is available, disagreements about surrogates or treatment exist,
or surrogate's decisions conflict with patient's best interests
What are the four abilities required for Autonomous Decision Making?
1) Understand cause and effect; 2) See and choose among alternatives; 3) Conceive
of self as chooser; 4) Form and choose values and principles
What are common ethical violations in the clinical setting?
, Breaches of confidentiality, failure to disclose mistakes, overtreatment, fraudulent
documentation, deceptive marketing, impaired colleagues, lack of sterilization,
romantic relationships with patients, patient abandonment
What does HIPAA regulate?
Individually identifiable health information related to health status, care, or
payment
What types of information does HIPAA cover?
Past, present, or future physical/mental health, provision of care, or payment for
care
What is "Bait and Switch" in deceptive dental marketing?
Advertising one service or price but pushing unnecessary, more expensive
treatments
What are examples of Unneeded Procedures in marketing?
Recommending total tooth extraction and implants when simpler options would
suffice
1. Which of the following is an academic violation for dental students?
a. Furnishing false information
b. Perfect exam attendance
