title: The management of risk. Part 3: Recording your way out of trouble.
abstract: Clinical and ethical risk management requires not only the correct treatment being provided, and appropriate consent obtained, but also good records of that treatment. This third article of the series describes the characteristics of good records and their role in helping to prevent the progression of complaints, General Dental Council (GDC) cases and legal claims.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Good records are of fundamental importance in managing risk and preventing and resolving complaints and legal claims.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D032962:Consent Forms; D003729:Dental Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D003792:Dental Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral; D034462:Dissent and Disputes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010808:Physical Examination; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011861:Radiography, Dental; D012308:Risk Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D006113:United Kingdom