% dentists sued?

[redPastel]

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How much dentists are sued for malpractice? Any data on this?

 

[phungy]

In dental school we were told that we would be sued at least once in our career. I attended a malpractice CE course last year and the highest malpractice was from doing endo (33%) followed by oral surgery extractions (27%). The % is of all the malpractice claims.

 

[Hedgy]

Everything revolves around CYA. However, I think if you treat people right and get to the cause of the problem (usually cost or a redo/remake), then I think you can work things out before they get to litigation. I hear you will have a board complaint once every 10 years for a small practice. I'm at 14 year and have had one that was dismissed with prejudice. It sucks, but I had a lot of documentation.