OBJECTIVE: Sedation and general anesthesia are necessities for the treatment of many individuals within special populations such as those with physical and intellectual disabilities, fear/anxiety, or individuals requiring extensive procedures. This study aims to discover regulatory factors that may be contributing to the limited access to anesthesia services provided by dentist anesthesiologists.
RESULTS: The study included an online survey completed by self-reported dentist anesthesiologists with 2 or more years of formal anesthesia training. The survey was distributed at the April 2019 American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists national meeting in Chicago. Participants responded to questions regarding the effect of specific state regulations on decisions to practice in a particular state and how such regulations influenced patient safety and barriers to care. Rules and regulatory restrictions on the mobility of dentist anesthesiologist equipment/supplies and additional state narcotic transportation regulations were deemed statistically significant in failing to improve safety. Requiring airway and sedation training for a facility\'s provider and staff were not barriers to care. Rules and regulations were not a factor to establishing clinical practice in one state over another state.
CONCLUSIONS: Individuals and organizations responsible for influencing the regulatory environment of anesthesia services should improve regulations to facilitate the mobility of dentist anesthesiologists.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the extent to which a group of general dentists and specialists had knowledge of the professional laws and psychological effects of negligence on them.
METHODS: The sample in this cross-sectional study consisted of 400 dentists (General dentists and specialists) in Isfahan city, Iran. Having designed the questionnaire and confirmed its validity and reliability, we published online to be completed by the dentists. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, and ANOVA test. Optimal knowledge was determined to be 75%, and P-value<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
RESULTS: The majority of the dentists (75%) had poor and very poor knowledge. The mean score of knowledge (range: 0-21, maximum obtainable: 24) was 9.58 ± 4.5. Sixty dentists (15%) reported they had experienced negligence. Further, 278 (69.5%) reported they had somehow experienced the occurrence of malpractice during their practical experience. Legal negligence was more prevalent among the general dentists than specialists (17.8 VS 8%, p < 0.001). Regarding the legal complaint history, a significant difference was observed between the males and females (P = 0.015) and among different categories of work experience years (P = 0.000). Moreover, among those who had a history of a legal complaint, 96.7% showed psychological symptoms, 70% had physical symptoms, and 80% displayed social symptoms related to the stress following legal complaints.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study indicated that refining the knowledge of the rules and regulations of the dental profession should be enhanced by considering appropriate training courses in the curricula and continuous education programs. More than half of the participants considered themselves guilty of negligence in this regard.

In the following, legal cases under the Swiss legal system practice concerning dental practice in Switzerland in the fields of criminal, liability and administrative law of the last 20 years will be examined. The objective is to raise awareness of the legal consequences of dental malpractices on the basis of real cases and to make specific suggestions for improvement, which can ultimately contribute to improving the quality of dental practice.
Relevant legal cases in the fields of criminal, liability and administrative law were collected with the help of electronic data bases and cantonal courts.
The results consist of nineteen court decisions, which in essence concern the withdrawal of professional licenses, prohibition from practice, bodily injury offenses and forgery of certificates. In fifteen of these nineteen cases, the dentist is found guilty by at least one court, in two of them the concerned is acquitted by all the courts mentioned, and in another two, the dentist is convicted for working without an appropriate license.
It amounts to the fact that dentists should be fully aware of the legal system and communicate transparently. Moreover, it would be appropriate for patients to stand up for their rights but not to take inappropriate legal action. Furthermore, the Swiss legal system could help to reduce the number of unlawfully issued professional licenses by establishing an intercantonal database.

Wish fulfilling medicine (human enhancement (therapy)) concerns medical treatment without a direct medical need. In traditional medicine, a classical triad applies: 1. after investigation symptoms of illness lead to 2. a diagnosis, followed by 3. a proposal for treatment by the health care provider. In wish fulfilling medicine, the emphasis lies on patient\'s wishes. Wish fulfilling medicine concerns medical treatment, often at the request of the patient, and should be distinguished from shared decision-making,a form of communication seeking to meet the preferences of the patient and to actively involve the patient in his treatment. In the Netherlands, in accordance with the Healthcare Quality, Complaints and Disputes Act, health care providers have to offer good care at a good level, which is safe, effective, efficient and client-orientated, offered in a timely fashion and geared to the real needs of the client. Good care has to meet professional standards. In this way, fulfilling patients\' wishes for treatment without a medical need can be restricted by law.
Wensgeneeskunde/-tandheelkunde betreft (be)handelingen zonder direct medische/tandheelkundige noodzaak. Binnen de reguliere geneeskunde/tandheelkunde geldt een klassieke trias: 1. symptomen van ziekte leiden na onderzoek tot 2. een diagnose, vervolgens tot 3. een voorstel voor behandeling door de zorgverlener. Bij wensgeneeskunde ligt de nadruk op wat de patiënt wil en wenst. Wensgeneeskundige behandeling betreft medisch handelen, vaak op verzoek van de patiënt, en moet worden onderscheiden van gezamenlijke besluitvorming, een vorm van communicatie om aansluiting te zoeken bij preferenties van de patiënt en de patiënt actief bij zijn behandeling te betrekken. De Wet kwaliteit, klachten en geschillen zorg bepaalt dat zorgverleners goede zorg moeten verlenen: van goed niveau, veilig, doeltreffend, doelmatig en cliëntgericht, tijdig verleend, en afgestemd op de reële behoefte van de cliënt. Goede zorg wordt afgemeten aan de professionele standaard. Dit kan in juridische zin de tegemoetkoming aan een bepaalde wens tot behandeling zonder medische noodzaak beperken.

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Young dentists in particular need to be wary of job offers that suggest future employment after unpaid trial run.