title: Attitude of Dental Practitioners Towards their Colleagues: A Justifiable Criticism.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A cross-sectional, questionnaire based study was conducted in Moradabad, U.P., India to assess the attitude of dental practitioners towards their colleagues. Materials and Methods : Eleven-item, close-ended, validated questionnaire was formulated. The responses of 60 registered dental practitioners were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Majority of the respondents were well versed with ethical obligations towards their colleagues but only few of them were aware of all the principles mentioned in Codes of dental ethics, DCI, India.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dentists face ethical problems/dilemmas while dealing with their duties towards colleagues and their patients. Adopting of ethical ways in practice was independent of gender, qualification and experience of practice. It is recommended that dental ethics should be emphasized upon during the formative years of dental education.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Public Health Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre , Moradabad, India .
authors.forename: Ravishankar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: T L
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Public Health Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre , Moradabad, India .
authors.forename: Tasneem
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: S Ain
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Public Health Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre , Moradabad, India .
authors.forename: Vaibhav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre , Moradabad, India .
authors.forename: Owais
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gowhar
keywords: Code of ethics; Dental practitioners; Professional obligations