Ethics In Orthodontic Clinical Practice: (A review article)

الملخص

Dental ethics mean the obligations and moral responsibilities towards the patients, professional peers, and society as large. In Orthodontic Clinical Practice all information should be given to    the patients before orthodontic treatment like  the risk and benefit of therapy and the  treatment duration also all the patients have the right to choose and  determine the type of orthodontic therapy by application of American dental association Principles of Ethics (ADA Code), all these elements  involved under the term of  orthodontic ethics .This review article elucidates the ethical dilemmas encountered by orthodontists in their regular clinical practice, with the aim of providing optimal treatment to their patients.