The doctrine of informed consent applies to a dentist's patient undergoing a root-canal procedure, according to a Pa. appellate court ruling. Root canal operations should be viewed in the same surgical context in which informed consent has traditionally been applied. "The fact that a dentist would use the least invasive method of treatment available does not diminish the nature of that treatment," stated the opinion, written by Judge Joan Erie Melvin.
August 03, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The doctrine of informed consent applies to a dentist’s patient undergoing a root-canal procedure, according to a Superior Court ruling.
Root canal operations, due to the invasive nature of the procedure, should be viewed in the same surgical or operative context in which informed consent has traditionally been applied, the court held.
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