Analysis of the perception of graduate students at the Hospital for the Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRCA-USP) about the ethical aspects of dentistry

Aiming at streamlining and guiding human conduct in professional activities, particularly in the dental profession, an Ethical Code of Dentistry (ECD) was elaborated in 1976 by the Federal Council of Dentistry with the purpose of educating and instructing professionals. It was not meant as a punitiv...

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Autores: Peres, Arsenio Sales, de Carvalho Sales Peres, Sílvia Helena, de Magalhães Bastos, José Roberto, Yarid, Sérgio Donha, de Oliveira, Fernando Toledo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Ensino Odontológico (ABENO)
Repositorio:Revista da ABENO (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revabeno.emnuvens.com.br:article/1426
Acceso en línea:https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1426
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ethics
dental. Ethics. Forensic dentistry.
Ética odontológica. Ética. Odontologia legal.
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Sumario:Aiming at streamlining and guiding human conduct in professional activities, particularly in the dental profession, an Ethical Code of Dentistry (ECD) was elaborated in 1976 by the Federal Council of Dentistry with the purpose of educating and instructing professionals. It was not meant as a punitive instrument. Its understanding, however, is not easy, and an attempt was made to demonstrate this fact in the present work. The perceptions of dentists attending specialization courses at the Hospital for the Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRCA-USP) about the ethical aspects of dentistry were assessed through the application of a questionnaire with structured questions, divided into two parts: the first part covered identification of the sample, and the second part covered questions inherent to the content of the articles of the Ethical Code of Dentistry. The results permited to conclude that there are doubts about the interpretation of some articles of the ECD and that a better professional orientation is needed for the correct understanding of the Ethical Code of Dentistry.