Risk management in endodontics

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 982-984

  Givol, Navot ^a,b   Rosen, Eyal ^c   Taicher, Shlomo ^a   Tsesis, Igor ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Medical Risk Management Company   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endodontic; malpractice claims; risk management; root canal treatment

Indexed keywords

ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTRUMENTATION; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DENTAL RESTORATION; DEVICES; ENDODONTIC PROCEDURE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955305805     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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