title: [Dental treatment, a form of medical assistance?].
abstract: A forensic problem involving dental care may arise particularly if necessary treatment is not carried out or refused and if, as a result, the patient is exposed to considerable, possibly life-threatening, danger. Those dental, oral, and maxillofacial diseases as well as their cardinal symptoms were presented which could result in a negligence suit for the dentist.
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection
vernacular_title: Die zahnärztliche Behandlung, eine ärztliche Hilfeleistung?