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Communication , Ecology/education , Science/education , Biodiversity , Climate Change , Food SupplySubject(s)
Advertising/ethics , Ethics, Dental , American Dental Association , Beneficence , Codes of Ethics , Dentist-Patient Relations/ethics , Dentists/ethics , Humans , Marketing of Health Services/ethics , Patient Education as Topic/ethics , Personal Autonomy , Professional Competence , Social Responsibility , Truth Disclosure , United StatesABSTRACT
Denturism is questionable dental practice, even in those few states where it is licensed. Incomplete or incompetent care is quackery. In the early 1980s a few states liberalized their laws to allow denturism to those who were educationally qualified. This experiment has generally failed because all accredited training programs have closed, because prices charged by denturists have about reached parity with dentists' fees, and because of limited demand for denturists' services. Because of the complexity of the message about scientifically-grounded oral health care and the populism of stories about the poor and underserved, dentists must be vigilant regarding their interactions with the media.
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Denturists/ethics , Ethics, Dental , Fraud/ethics , Quackery/ethics , Canada , Communications Media/ethics , Denturists/education , Denturists/legislation & jurisprudence , Fraud/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Laboratories, Dental/ethics , Laboratories, Dental/legislation & jurisprudence , Prosthodontics/ethics , Prosthodontics/legislation & jurisprudence , Quackery/legislation & jurisprudence , United StatesABSTRACT
Dr. Carl O. Boucher was a giant in prosthodontics in the middle of last century. To honor his quest for excellence, the Ohio State University School of Dentistry established an annual conference bearing his name in 1996. This article describes the inaugural conference, the structure of the annual conference, and expanding plans to promote continuous improvement in prosthetic dentistry.
