Medico-Legal Safeguards in Dental Practice (A Practical Guide for Dental Professionals)

"In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, dental professionals must navigate not only clinical challenges but also increasing legal and ethical responsibilities. ‘Medico-Legal Safeguards in Dental Practice’ serves as an essential handbook for understanding the medico-legal principles that shape safe, responsible, and compliant dental care. Covering everything from negligence, informed consent, patient rights, and documentation to consumer protection, forensic dentistry, digital health, and speciality-specific legal risks, this book offers a structured, practical roadmap for modern dental professionals. With its strong focus on prevention, preparedness, and professional accountability, it equips readers to reduce medico-legal risk while strengthening ethical and patient-centred practice. A valuable resource for students, clinicians, academicians, and medico-legal consultants, this book bridges the gap between dentistry and law with clarity, relevance, and practical usefulness"