Dental professionals >
Advice centre >
Consent to treatment
Consent to treatment
Competent adult patients have a fundamental right to give or to withhold consent to treatment. This area of the site contains comprehensive and up to date information about consent and includes guidance on specific issues such as treating children and adults who may lack the capacity to consent.
Questions and answers
- Questions and answers for PCDs - 1 May 2005
- Should I warn of wisdom tooth extraction risk? - 23 October 2002
- Consent for GP or GDP procedures - 23 October 2002
Advice articles
- The Mental Capacity Act 2005 - 20 February 2008
- Written consent and FP17 forms - 23 January 2008
- The Mental Capacity Act – questions - 7 November 2007
- Giving patients all the options on fees - 18 October 2007
- Consent for school dental inspections - 6 July 2006
- View all (16)
Case histories
- Patient request for cessation of ventilation - 15 November 2004
- Difficult children - 3 July 2002
RSS