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ArticleContemporary clinical dentistry2015

Knowledge and awareness of informed consent among orthodontists and patients: A pilot study.

Anitha Alagesan, Vina Vaswani, Ravi Vaswani, Uma Kulkarni

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Article in Contemporary clinical dentistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anitha AlagesanDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Vina VaswaniDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Ravi VaswaniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty in Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Uma KulkarniDepartment of Opthalmology, Faculty in Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Yenepoya University · INCreative Commons · USK.S. Hegde Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimDespite fixed professional opinion of what might constitute optimal treatment, patients must be informed of the various treatment options available in orthodontics to manage their clinical problem. The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate the knowledge and awareness among practicing orthodontists and patients with regard to informed consent in clinical practice and research. MATERIALS AND

methodsTwenty-five orthodontists and 25 patients were enrolled in a questionnaire study which was descriptive and cross-sectional in the nature. The questionnaire focused on the following aspects; contents of informed consent, at what age and who can give consent.

resultsThe study showed a majority of orthodontists (79.14%) were aware of knowledge regarding informed consent when compared to patients(35.14%).

conclusionThe overall result showed the huge gap that exists between orthodontists and patients and thus making it categorical for patients to be more involved in the decision-making process.

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Informed consentorthodonticsquestionnaire

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