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These allegations are particularly likely to occur when a patient who has regularly attended the same dental practitioner over many years, for one reason or another, sees a second dentist.

Andrew Wilson was joint winner of the 1st prize of the undergraduate category of the Premier Awards in 2011.

How does the FTP process work?

When dental professionals are trained, the subject of consent is usually taught as part of a jurisprudence or ethics course. It is often the legal aspects of consent that dominate discussions.

One of the characteristics that distinguishes the professional from an amateur is the degree of competence they have in performing a particular task.

It is not easy to find a consistent definition of what is (and is not) a profession, and by extension, to describe what is expected of a professional person.

What to Expect. You're almost there but regardless of which university you go to, you are bound to find your final year as challenging.

It has been suggested that 'familiarity breeds contempt' and this is as true of the dental setting as of any other situation. The phenomenon can manifest itself in many different ways, of course, but the one thing that they have in common is the capacity to generate a real sense of shock in the clinical setting.