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Dental Hygiene Code of Ethics
Core Values:
- Veracity: Truthfulness in communication.
- Autonomy: Respect for patients' rights to make informed decisions about their own care (self-
determination).
- Beneficence: Acting in the best interest of patients and promoting their well-being (do good).
- Justice: Ensuring fairness and equitable access to quality oral healthcare for all individuals.
- Nonmaleficence: Providing care that avoids harm to patients (do no harm).
- Confidentiality: Safeguarding patient information and maintaining trust in professional relationships.
- Societal Trust: Upholding patient trust through ethical actions and behaviors.
Civil Offense:
- Lawsuits typically involve dental cases where individuals seek redress for perceived wrongful acts,
often involving monetary compensation ($).
Types of Civil Law Contracts:
- Implied Contract: Agreements inferred from actions, silence, or other non-verbal cues.
Express contract ✔️oral or written agreement
Contract between practitioner and patient ✔️Termination & Abandonment
Terminating patients ✔️non-compliance and failure to pay (PRACTITIONER)
Abandonment ✔️dismissal of patient without ample and proper notice (PATIENT)
Civil Law Torts ✔️Intentional torts & unintentional torts
,Intentional torts ✔️Assault, Battery, Deceit and misrepresentation, Defamation, Invasion of property
Assault ✔️Threatening bodily harm
Battery ✔️Causing bodily harm. performing procedure without permission falls into this category
Defamation ✔️damaging a person's reputation. includes libel & slander
Libel ✔️written defamation (L=Library)
Slander ✔️Verbal defamation (S=Spoken)
Invasion of property ✔️Patient's body is the property
Unintentional torts ✔️Negligence, Standard of Care and Duty
Negligence ✔️failure to do what a reasonable person would do. ie) inst. breaks and you don't tell the
patient
O.S.H.A. ✔️Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA ✔️Responsible for developing universal/standard precaution protocols for employees to prevent
them from contracting disease through blood and/or other body fluids. Protects the employee (worker)
H.I.P.A.A. ✔️Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA ✔️maintains patient confidentialilty. should be signed once unless changes are made or the
govt. makes changes to HIPAA policy. Office gives copy of HIPAA to pt. every 3 years
,C.D.C. ✔️Center for disease control
CDC ✔️located in Atlanta, Ga. provides guidelines for disease prevention and disease transmission
C.O.B.R.A. ✔️Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COBRA ✔️keep group health insurance for 18 mo. applies if person has reduced work hours, quits, or
loses job. provides coverage for spouse & dependent children.
Informed Consent ✔️presented in understandable language, nature and needs of procedure,
benefits/risks of procedure, prognosis, alt to procedure, patient is allowed to ask questions
Statue of limitations ✔️time frame within which legal action may be taken . Varies from state to state
and type of lawsuit. No specific amount of years.
Dental records ✔️documentation of complete data
Ownership of dental records ✔️dentist owns the paper on which records are printed. Patient owns the
information. It is OK for dentist to charge a reasonable fee to transfer records even if there is a balance
due on the account.
Cranial Nerve I ✔️Olfactory
Cranial Nerve II ✔️Optic
Cranial Nerve III ✔️Oculomotor
Cranial Nerve IV ✔️Trochlear
Cranial Nerve V ✔️Trigeminal
, Cranial Nerve VI ✔️Abducans
Cranial Nerve VII ✔️Facial
Cranial Nerve VIII ✔️Vestibulocochlear (auditory)
Cranial Nerve IX ✔️Glossopharengeal
Cranial Nerve X ✔️Vagus
Cranial Nerve XI ✔️Spinal accessory
Cranial Nerve XII ✔️Hypoglossal
Mnemonic for type of nerves for the 12 cranial nerves S=sensory M=memory B=both ✔️Some Say
Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Boobs Marry Money!!!
Grains & gram conversion ✔️15 grains =1 gram
Steps in the Learning Leader ✔️Unawareness, Awareness, Self-Interest, Involvement, Action, Habit
regulated biohazard waste ✔️must be disposed of properly. ex) sharps, items that drip of saturated
blood and saliva, hard and soft tissues removed from the patient's mouth
Safety Data Sheets ✔️provide the employee with information regarding the hazards of chemicals
utiliazed in the office and how to protect themselves from these hazards
Personal Protective Equipment ✔️barriers (equipment and clothing) used to protect the operator
Dental Hygiene Code of Ethics
Core Values:
- Veracity: Truthfulness in communication.
- Autonomy: Respect for patients' rights to make informed decisions about their own care (self-
determination).
- Beneficence: Acting in the best interest of patients and promoting their well-being (do good).
- Justice: Ensuring fairness and equitable access to quality oral healthcare for all individuals.
- Nonmaleficence: Providing care that avoids harm to patients (do no harm).
- Confidentiality: Safeguarding patient information and maintaining trust in professional relationships.
- Societal Trust: Upholding patient trust through ethical actions and behaviors.
Civil Offense:
- Lawsuits typically involve dental cases where individuals seek redress for perceived wrongful acts,
often involving monetary compensation ($).
Types of Civil Law Contracts:
- Implied Contract: Agreements inferred from actions, silence, or other non-verbal cues.
Express contract ✔️oral or written agreement
Contract between practitioner and patient ✔️Termination & Abandonment
Terminating patients ✔️non-compliance and failure to pay (PRACTITIONER)
Abandonment ✔️dismissal of patient without ample and proper notice (PATIENT)
Civil Law Torts ✔️Intentional torts & unintentional torts
,Intentional torts ✔️Assault, Battery, Deceit and misrepresentation, Defamation, Invasion of property
Assault ✔️Threatening bodily harm
Battery ✔️Causing bodily harm. performing procedure without permission falls into this category
Defamation ✔️damaging a person's reputation. includes libel & slander
Libel ✔️written defamation (L=Library)
Slander ✔️Verbal defamation (S=Spoken)
Invasion of property ✔️Patient's body is the property
Unintentional torts ✔️Negligence, Standard of Care and Duty
Negligence ✔️failure to do what a reasonable person would do. ie) inst. breaks and you don't tell the
patient
O.S.H.A. ✔️Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA ✔️Responsible for developing universal/standard precaution protocols for employees to prevent
them from contracting disease through blood and/or other body fluids. Protects the employee (worker)
H.I.P.A.A. ✔️Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA ✔️maintains patient confidentialilty. should be signed once unless changes are made or the
govt. makes changes to HIPAA policy. Office gives copy of HIPAA to pt. every 3 years
,C.D.C. ✔️Center for disease control
CDC ✔️located in Atlanta, Ga. provides guidelines for disease prevention and disease transmission
C.O.B.R.A. ✔️Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COBRA ✔️keep group health insurance for 18 mo. applies if person has reduced work hours, quits, or
loses job. provides coverage for spouse & dependent children.
Informed Consent ✔️presented in understandable language, nature and needs of procedure,
benefits/risks of procedure, prognosis, alt to procedure, patient is allowed to ask questions
Statue of limitations ✔️time frame within which legal action may be taken . Varies from state to state
and type of lawsuit. No specific amount of years.
Dental records ✔️documentation of complete data
Ownership of dental records ✔️dentist owns the paper on which records are printed. Patient owns the
information. It is OK for dentist to charge a reasonable fee to transfer records even if there is a balance
due on the account.
Cranial Nerve I ✔️Olfactory
Cranial Nerve II ✔️Optic
Cranial Nerve III ✔️Oculomotor
Cranial Nerve IV ✔️Trochlear
Cranial Nerve V ✔️Trigeminal
, Cranial Nerve VI ✔️Abducans
Cranial Nerve VII ✔️Facial
Cranial Nerve VIII ✔️Vestibulocochlear (auditory)
Cranial Nerve IX ✔️Glossopharengeal
Cranial Nerve X ✔️Vagus
Cranial Nerve XI ✔️Spinal accessory
Cranial Nerve XII ✔️Hypoglossal
Mnemonic for type of nerves for the 12 cranial nerves S=sensory M=memory B=both ✔️Some Say
Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Boobs Marry Money!!!
Grains & gram conversion ✔️15 grains =1 gram
Steps in the Learning Leader ✔️Unawareness, Awareness, Self-Interest, Involvement, Action, Habit
regulated biohazard waste ✔️must be disposed of properly. ex) sharps, items that drip of saturated
blood and saliva, hard and soft tissues removed from the patient's mouth
Safety Data Sheets ✔️provide the employee with information regarding the hazards of chemicals
utiliazed in the office and how to protect themselves from these hazards
Personal Protective Equipment ✔️barriers (equipment and clothing) used to protect the operator
