The Professional Association of dentists of Valencia assumes the role of mediator between the citizen and the professional to incorporate measures of the new ethics code of dentistry

strengthens the role of professional associations control and requires that the clinical criteria put to the purely commercial

-the code obliges that advertising professionals is based on principles of truthfulness, fair competition and protection of patient

Valencia, August 2012.- dentists must prevail at all times, criteria clinical versus economic or commercial; avoid the sobre-tratamientos or unnecessary treatments for their patients, keep their training under constant review and exercise an advertising based on the principles of truthfulnessfair competition and protection of the patient and his health.

These are some of the innovations of the new ethics code of dentistry, document updated since the General Council that the College of dentists and stomatologists in Valencia has incorporated to your every day, as a means to ensure the best service, in a context of fair and humanized treatment, at the best possible price.

Another of the most important novelties of the new ethical code of dentistry, is the role of mediators between patients and professionals grants to professional associations, organizations that has lead the patient to raise doubts, complaints or disputes relating to professional practice.

It is a step forward to consolidate the professionalization of this activity, guarantee users the highest quality, professionalism and professional honesty in the service and a set of mandatory rules for the professional that will benefit itself, derived from the benefit of the user.

Clinical criteria economic vs

Among other developments laying down the ethics code of the dentistry, is the obligation of the dentists of putting clinic clinical against the purely commercial or economic criteria, franchise or multinational where they carry out their activity. This has been one of the most outstanding novelties.

With this measure, are strengthened guarantees of professionalism, honesty and professional effectiveness by which safeguard professional associations, for the sake of a good relationship between the patient and the professional: the dentist’s life.

In this sense, the President of the College of dentists of Valencia, Enrique Llobell, has highlighted the advantages that offers the user the fact that a professional incorporates these ethical criteria to their relationship with the patient.

As stated the President of the Valencian dentists, dentistry is a health service that has to be seen and treated as such, and not as a way of enriching themselves through oversized Diagnostics, last minute offers or gifts by treatments that in many cases, pursue business enrichment above the latter good for the patient.

do I know a dentist serving me?

The ethical code of dentistry establishes new faculty that patients can and should know at all times the identity, training, career and other features of the dentist who les is trying to, to follow their indications for treatments referred to.

It also establishes that any dentist can be liable for any incidents arising out of a bad evolution of treatment, when the patient has not adopted the guidelines offered by the optional.

With this standard, strengthen the relationship between the patient and your dentist’s lifetime, who will provide all the necessary health, ethical and professional guarantees the patient by adding this code to your professional activity.