Resumen

GARBIN, C.a.s et al. El consentimiento informado en la clinica odontologica. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2007, vol.45, n.1, pp.37-43. ISSN 0001-6365.

The Informed Consent (IC) is the individual's approval, expressed to him in accessible language, before beginning the treatment, being its ethical-lawful aspects based in Dentistry Ethic, Civil and Penal Code, and in the 196/96 Resolution. Although it is important as judicial protection for the dental surgeon, it is difficultly used in the dentistry clinic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practices of dental surgeons about the IC, to verify the presentation and decision of the treatment proposed to the patient and the kind of document used by the dental surgeons in the dentistry clinic. The subjects of this survey were all dental surgeons of Lucélia city, São Paulo, Brazil.  As data collection tool, a questionnaire was elaborated containing 11 discursive and multiple choice questions, divided in three thematic parts: IC, the services contract and the treatment plan. For interpretation of the discursive question, the technique used was the Content Analysis. The results suggest that the majority of dental surgeons presents deficiency in the knowledge about the IC, while others totally ignore the matter. Its application is not realized in a satisfactory way, and the authorization is the document more used in the dentistry clinic. The treatment to be accomplished depends on the patient and professional decision, being introduced to the client in a clear and simple way. Thus, it is necessary to sensitize and to qualify the professionals for the practice of IC as routine in the dentistry clinic.

Palabras clave : Informed consent; bioethics; dentistry; documentation.