title: Dental ethics case 12. My patient wants to sue their previous practitioner for failed endodontic treatment--how should I advise them?
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Oral Health, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X1, Tygerberg, 7505. suenaidoo@uwc.ac.za
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naidoo
mesh_terms: D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D003815:Dentists / Q000941:ethics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations / Q000941:ethics; D008318:Malpractice; D020443:Practice Valuation and Purchase / Q000941:ethics; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000941:ethics*; D017211:Treatment Failure