Standard care

Standard care, standards for care, or standard of care?

WHEN does a physician’s medical care qualify as “standard?” Is the standard set by scientific evidence, by what physicians typically do, by what physicians regard as minimally acceptable in the same or similar circumstance, or by what panels of experts believe to be best practice? In this issue of the journal, Benzon et al. present evidence that calls into question a recommendation contained in...

Endodontic standard of care.

Standard of Care in Periodontology

The discipline of Periodontology deals with the development, anatomy, structure, and function of the various soft and hard tissues of the periodontium in health and disease, i.e., gingiva, periodontal ligament, root cementum, and alveolar bone proper. It concerns diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the various diseases and conditions affecting the periodontal tissues. There are close relati...

Occlusion: the standard of care.

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association " A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up familiar with it. " — Max Planck (German physicist 1858-1947) A s a group, dentists are the specialists of occlusion. We are responsible for the physiological harmony of the ...

Oncoplastic surgery – Standard of care