The College of dentists and stomatologists of Madrid (COEM) help patients to detect the professional intrusion.

-The COEM wants to transmit this message within the framework of the world day of oral health that takes place every September 12

Madrid, September 2012.- on the occasion of the world day of oral health, the College of dentists and stomatologists of Madrid (COEM) has done a Decalogue to help the patient identify quality care.

For Dr. Ramon Soto-Yarritu Quintana, President of the COEM, “the goal is avoid the professional intrusion and quality for the benefit of the patient care.” For that it is important to make you part of our work and which can help us to detect and report potential fraud or malpractice ”.

The crisis, the professional intrusiveness and bad practices in dentistry

The crisis situation that we are experiencing originates in some cases carried out bad practices in order to make a profit at the expense of deceiving patients in disguised form ”, notes Dr. Ramon Soto-Yarritu Quintana.

The Commission of the professional exercise of the COEM is developing a hard and effective work in this regard, reporting regulations and initiating appropriate action in each case. During the 2012 have been reported practices of professional intrusion are being investigated to proceed judicially against them.

In addition, detected advertising misleading and abusive situations to which the COEM has undertaken various actions, as it is the case of the Vitaldent campaign get peace with the dentist ”, also denounced by associations as FACUA consumers in action and considered by self-control as misleadingdiscriminatory and degrading ”.

Decalogue to identify a quality oral care

1. The membership is mandatory, why if you apply it to your dentist, should give you his number of collegiate

there are people who pretend to dentists, however, do not have the qualification or training suitable for exercise. Know your number allows you to verify that you are entitled and has officially

2.-requires a dentist who diagnose your oral pathology.

The dentist is the only person qualified to make a diagnosis and prescribe a treatment

3.-it is normal that your controller is always the same dentist, if it isn’t, you may request to be

in some cases, the constant change of the professional who serves can assume that there is no a fixed and coordinated teamworse care and even a professional fraud

4.-requires a dentist which personally explain you the treatment ranging to do from the beginning, as well as its duration and the necessary tests

there is the risk that some queries have commercial you are advising new treatments and cause as well an overtreatment – and therefore an unnecessary expense-

5.-is dentist which should inform you of the price the treatment on a budget (although it is approximate) and your final invoice, and not a commercial non-profession.

The dentist is the person responsible and qualified to perform your treatment, so this must conform to a criterion never commercial and medical

6.-is important that your dentist offers you a friendly and close treatment, and you can see in the someone in whom you can place your confidence and your oral health

dealing with the patient is an essential aspect in the oral care, so don’t hesitate to ask and inform your dentist of your doubts or fears

7.-requires measures of basic hygiene and sterilization, do not let your oral health is in slight conditions

there are binding rules of hygiene, failure to do so can cause serious problems to your health

8-requires a dentist you personally handle the denture in your mouth

Although there are other professionals involved in your treatment, there are certain practices that can only be the dentist

9.-do not be influenced by advertising and free treatments, safely them will end up paying

on many occasions there are why misleading advertising practices must require to explain you all conditions of the treatment or service before it

10.-do not believe in the guaranteed treatments of lifetime, or your own teeth have that guarantee

is not possible to ensure treatment forever, for this reason also it is important to go to a review at least once a year

from the College of dentists and stomatologists in the Region I (COEM) we want to help you identify quality dental care. We are to help you. If you have any questions call the phone 91 561 29 05.

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