title: Unconventional dentistry: Part III. Legal and regulatory issues.
abstract: This is the third in a series of 5 articles providing a contemporary overview and introduction to unconventional dentistry (UD) and its correlation to unconventional medicine (UM). UD presents issues of dental quackery, fraud and malpractice, and it also engenders professional concerns about public protection and professional risks. Case reports illustrate numerous issues. The reader is encouraged to evaluate the cases for problems related to malpractice, fraud, ethics, behaviours and professionalism. A discussion of ethical issues is beyond the scope of this paper.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia. burtgold@unixg.ubc.ca
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003813:Dentistry / Q000592:standards*; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice; D011781:Quackery; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures