DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE POST EXAM
2025 UPDATE
QNS & ANS
SITUATION I:
Patient A was referred to Dentists B and C by Dentist D and delivered the referral card which stated
that all upper and both lower second bicuscupid teeth were to be removed leaving eight (8) lower
teeth. After her teeth were X-rayed, Patient A was administered sodium pentothal, a general
anaesthetic, by Dentist B who marked the “chart” for the teeth to be removed. She was going to sleep
when asked to sign at the back of the “chart” which is a “Permit for Operation,” containing the
following words: “THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I, THE UNDERSIGNED, CONSENT TO THE
PERFORMING OF WHATEVER OPERATION MAY BE DECIDED UPON TO BE NECESSARY OR
ADVISABLE, AND THE USE OF LOCAL OR GENERAL
ANAESTHETIC AS INDICATED.” Then Dentist C extracted all of Patient’s A upper and lower teeth
because the “chart” says so. When Patient A regained consciousness, she became very distressed
because she didn’t want all of her teeth removed.
1. Were Patient A’s eight (8) teeth extracted with her consent?
a. No, because the circumstances surrounding the transaction negate any idea that
Patient A signed the “Permit for Operation” with full consent and understanding.
b. No, because Patient A was going to sleep when she signed the “Permit for Operation.”
c. Yes, because Patient A signed the “Permit for Operation.”
d. Yes, because the “Permit for Operation” was a general authority for the dentists to take
out all of Patient A’s teeth
2. What is the right to informed consent?
a. The patient has the right to consent based on the physician-patient contractual relations.
b. It means that, after having been properly educated by the physician about the risks
and benefits of the proposed treatment, and about the viable treatment options,
including the option of no treatment, the patient has the right to choose freely
whether to submit to treatment.
c. The patient has the right to ask his physician questions pertaining to his illness.
d. The patient has limited right to information based on the discretion of the physician.
3. Who can give informed consent?
a. Any incapacitated patient
b. Mistress
c. Parent of a minor
d. Guardian of a capacitated person
4. What is the ethical basis of informed consent?
a. Right of Equal Protection of Law
b. Doctrine of Cognition
c. Principle of Equity
, a. Consensual
b. Express
c. Inherent
d. Fiduciary
SITUATION II:
The court held Dentists B and C liable for damages for unauthorized extraction of Patient A’s teeth.
Choose the specific type of damages which the respondents may be held liable for.
6. It refers to pecuniary loss suffered by a party as he has duly proved.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
7. It includes physical suffering, mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety, besmirched reputation,
wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation and similar injury.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
8. It refers to those agreed upon by both parties in case of breach of contract.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
9. It is imposed by way of example or correction for the public good.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
10. It is imposed for pecuniary loss but its amount cannot be ascertained with certainty.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Temperat
e SITUATION III:
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) issued a Resolution restraining examinees from
attending any review class, briefing, conference, or the like conducted by, or from receiving any
handout, review material or any tip from any school, college or university, or any review center or the
like or any reviewer, lecturer, instructor official or employee of any of the aforementioned or similar
institutions during the three days immediately preceding every examination day including the
examination day. Accordingly, a number of reviewees for the Dental Board Exam filed a petition
before the court to question the said PRC Resolution.
11. Is the said PRC Resolution constitutional?
2025 UPDATE
QNS & ANS
SITUATION I:
Patient A was referred to Dentists B and C by Dentist D and delivered the referral card which stated
that all upper and both lower second bicuscupid teeth were to be removed leaving eight (8) lower
teeth. After her teeth were X-rayed, Patient A was administered sodium pentothal, a general
anaesthetic, by Dentist B who marked the “chart” for the teeth to be removed. She was going to sleep
when asked to sign at the back of the “chart” which is a “Permit for Operation,” containing the
following words: “THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I, THE UNDERSIGNED, CONSENT TO THE
PERFORMING OF WHATEVER OPERATION MAY BE DECIDED UPON TO BE NECESSARY OR
ADVISABLE, AND THE USE OF LOCAL OR GENERAL
ANAESTHETIC AS INDICATED.” Then Dentist C extracted all of Patient’s A upper and lower teeth
because the “chart” says so. When Patient A regained consciousness, she became very distressed
because she didn’t want all of her teeth removed.
1. Were Patient A’s eight (8) teeth extracted with her consent?
a. No, because the circumstances surrounding the transaction negate any idea that
Patient A signed the “Permit for Operation” with full consent and understanding.
b. No, because Patient A was going to sleep when she signed the “Permit for Operation.”
c. Yes, because Patient A signed the “Permit for Operation.”
d. Yes, because the “Permit for Operation” was a general authority for the dentists to take
out all of Patient A’s teeth
2. What is the right to informed consent?
a. The patient has the right to consent based on the physician-patient contractual relations.
b. It means that, after having been properly educated by the physician about the risks
and benefits of the proposed treatment, and about the viable treatment options,
including the option of no treatment, the patient has the right to choose freely
whether to submit to treatment.
c. The patient has the right to ask his physician questions pertaining to his illness.
d. The patient has limited right to information based on the discretion of the physician.
3. Who can give informed consent?
a. Any incapacitated patient
b. Mistress
c. Parent of a minor
d. Guardian of a capacitated person
4. What is the ethical basis of informed consent?
a. Right of Equal Protection of Law
b. Doctrine of Cognition
c. Principle of Equity
, a. Consensual
b. Express
c. Inherent
d. Fiduciary
SITUATION II:
The court held Dentists B and C liable for damages for unauthorized extraction of Patient A’s teeth.
Choose the specific type of damages which the respondents may be held liable for.
6. It refers to pecuniary loss suffered by a party as he has duly proved.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
7. It includes physical suffering, mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety, besmirched reputation,
wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation and similar injury.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
8. It refers to those agreed upon by both parties in case of breach of contract.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
9. It is imposed by way of example or correction for the public good.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Exemplary
10. It is imposed for pecuniary loss but its amount cannot be ascertained with certainty.
a. Actual Damage
b. Moral Damage
c. Liquidated
d. Temperat
e SITUATION III:
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) issued a Resolution restraining examinees from
attending any review class, briefing, conference, or the like conducted by, or from receiving any
handout, review material or any tip from any school, college or university, or any review center or the
like or any reviewer, lecturer, instructor official or employee of any of the aforementioned or similar
institutions during the three days immediately preceding every examination day including the
examination day. Accordingly, a number of reviewees for the Dental Board Exam filed a petition
before the court to question the said PRC Resolution.
11. Is the said PRC Resolution constitutional?
