title: [In the absence of early orthodontic treatment, is there a loss of chance?].
abstract: Chance is the probability that something will happen, and, in this sense, the absence of chance can be defined as the damage resulting from the disappearance of the probability of a favorable outcome (the contrary being the non-realization of the risk). This is autonomous damage that should be differentiated from final damage. Moral damage is a notion very close to the loss of chance even though it reposes on the indemnization of a final damage of an affection or malady. This article deals with these matters: an insufficient amount of information, the cause of final damage or the loss of chance, the loss of chance being a function of the deficit of information. In this sense, can the failure to begin early, appropriate dento-facial orthopedic treatment be considered a loss of chance for the child?
authors.affiliation: alain.bery@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Béry
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007258:Informed Consent; D016365:Liability, Legal; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011336:Probability