ArticleInternational dental journal2021
Dentists' Legal Liability and Duty of Explanation in Dental Malpractice Litigation in Japan.
Article in International dental journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Title Medico-Legal Preparedness in Dental Education: Training Gaps, Defensive Practice and Curriculum Implications Among Romanian Dental Students and Dentists.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Evaluation of malpractice fears and defensive approaches in orthodontists' clinical practice.European oral research · 2026Article
- Complaint trends of dental malpractice in Tehran, Iran: a retrospective study (2016-2022).The Saudi dental journal · 2025Article
- Enhancing dental students' motivation and legal knowledge via courtroom role-playing.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Evaluation of dentists' malpractice fears and defensive dentistry attitudes: a scale development.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Dealing with Evidence in Dental Professional Liability Lawsuits-General Recommendations for Dental Expert Witness Work Using the Example of Germany: A Narrative Review.European journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- An Overview of Dentist-Patient Communication in Quality Dental Care.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Professional liability in dentistry: structure and causes of judicial litigation.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2024Article
- A study of dentists' explanations and patient-dentist communication among older adults in Japan.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- New Perspectives in Third Molar Auto-Transplantation: Literature Review and a Case Report of Clinical, Financial and Forensic Implications.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Strategies for Effective Dentist-Patient Communication: A Literature Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- A retrospective assessment of the dental malpractice cases filed in Riyadh from 2009-2015.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Indian Dental Malpractice Claims and Lawsuits: A Medico-Legal Analysis.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionDental litigation accounts for approximately 10% of medical cases in Japan. This study sought to identify factors related to dentists' legal liability in Japan, including their duty to explain procedures and treatments to their patients.
methodsWe analysed court decisions in 166 dental malpractice cases litigated in Japan between 1978 and 2017. To identify factors related to the legal liability of dentists, an analysis was performed to evaluate the associations among patient characteristics, dentist characteristics, litigation, and dentists' explanatory behaviour.
resultsOf the 36 cases related to dentist liability, the study identified 23 cases (63.9%) of litigation in which the dentists were found to be in violation of their duty to provide an explanation. Regarding the severity of injury, the ratio of death and permanent disability was significantly higher in decisions in which the purpose of the explanation was something other than obtaining the patient's consent compared with decisions to obtain the patient's consent (P = .014).
conclusionsIn cases in which the dentist was found legally responsible, the proportion of cases involving procedural negligence with the explanation of medical guidance was significantly higher. Dentists should pay careful attention not only to the patient's consent but also to their explanations, including "medical guidance." Moreover, they should recognise that inappropriate explanations correlate with serious errors.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.