Ethical Dilemma for dental hygienists Step-1: Identify the Ethical Principles at Stake Beneficence Caring about and acting to promote the good of another The hygienist must always give priority to the best interests of his/her clients In this scenario the hygienist must care for and act to ...

Why is proper recordkeeping important for a dental practitioner? 1-      Prepares the Dental practitioner with necessary information regarding ongoing treatment of the client. Doing so the dental practitioner improves the time management. 2-      Helps the rest of the dental staff with information. (E.g. scheduling or billing purposes). 3-      Helps the dental practitioner not ...

Duties of a Dental Hygienist in regards to clients records Clients access and correction rights to dental records All the clients have the right to obtain a coy of their treatment chart. A client can authorize another person to obtain his own chart E.g parents, relatives, friends etc For clients that are incapable of decision ...

Three types of consent forms that a dental hygienist should be familiar with Written consent It's a piece of paper unless its read, understood and its appreciated. Written consent form is signed by a witness (dental hygienist and the client or his/her representative). The value of obtaining a written consent is to ...

Three types of consent form. Written consent It's a piece of paper unless its read , understood and its appreciated. Written consent form is signed by a witness ( dental hygienist and the client or his/her representative). The value of obtaining a written consent is ...