Ethical dilemmas among dental professionals in Davangere city- a cross-sectional survey.
To determine the ethical problems faced by dental practitioners, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, College of Dental Sciences and private dental clinics in the city of Davangere. A questionnaire with close-ended questions on eight scenarios was administered to the 135 study participants. In the case of scenario 1, 81.4% of the participants said that the doctor had violated the principle of truthfulness. As for scenario 2, less than 50% of the participants replied that the doctor had breached ethical principles. In case scenario 3, 93% felt that the doctor should have taken the physician's opinion before extracting a tooth. Most dental practitioners faced ethical dilemmas because of the lack of awareness, and there is a need to introduce certain programmes to promote knowledge of ethics.
Department of Public Health Dentistry; Senior Lecturer, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, MCC-B Block, Davangere, Karnataka, India,. dr.priyanka.sg@gmail.com.
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Postgraduate Student, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, MCC-B Block, Davangere, Karnataka, India,. singlahitashi@gmail.com.
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Singla
Postgraduate Student, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, MCC-B Block, Davangere, Karnataka, India,. denzy_speaking@yahoo.com.
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Professor, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, MCC-B Block, Davangere, Karnataka, India,. veereshdj@yahoo.com.
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