Defensive Dentistry Practices and Dentists (DDP)

Istanbul Aydın University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Defensive Medicine

Treatments: Other: Survey-based Data Collection Tool

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06500832

IAUDENT-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Medical malpractice claims have been on the rise in recent years due to the growing patient rights movement. This term is defined as an injury caused by a healthcare professional's failure to follow standard practice during treatment, a lack of skill, or failure to provide treatment. Defensive dentistry is on the rise as violence and malpractice claims increase. Defensive dental practices (DDP) refer to minimize legal responsibility of the clinician primarily rather than looking out for the patient's benefit. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, awareness and attitudes of dentists in terms of DDP.

Enrollment: 410 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having worked as a dentist for at least one year;
• Speaking Turkish as their native language;
• Being a member of the Turkish Dental Association;
• Participating in the study voluntarily.

Exclusion criteria

-To stop volunteering until the study is completed.

Trial design

410 participants in 1 patient group

All participants

Treatment:

Other: Survey-based Data Collection Tool