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

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

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

For Dr. Ramon Soto-Yarritu Quintana, President of the COEM, “the goal is avoid professional intrusiveness and promote quality in the interest of 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 malpractices ”.

The crisis, the professional intrusiveness and bad practices in dentistry

The crisis situation that we cross originates in some cases carried out bad practices aiming to 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, disclosing legal 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 make his peace with the dentist ”, also denounced by associations, as FACUA consumers in action and considered by self-control such 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 their number of College

there are people who pretend to dentists and, however, have neither certification nor training suitable for exercise. Know your number allows you to verify that he is entitled and exerts 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 is not, you may request that it be

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

4.-requires a dentist which explain personally the treatment which will make you from the outset, as well as its duration and the necessary tests

exists risk that for some queries have commercial go advising new treatments and cause as well an overtreatment – and therefore an unnecessary expense-

5.-it is dentist which should inform you of the price treatment in 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, why this should conform to a criterion never commercial and medical

6.-important is that your dentist offers you a friendly and close treatment, and that you see in the someone in whom you can deposit 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 concerned in negligible conditions

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

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

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

9.-don’t be influenced by advertising and free treatments, safely them will end up paying

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

10.-do not think warranted treatments of lifetime, or your own teeth have that guarantee

is not possible to guarantee treatment forever, why also is important to go to a review at least once a year

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

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