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GONCALVES, Patricia Elaine; GARBIN, CLEA, Adas Saliba; GARBIN, ARTENIO, José Isper  e  SALIBA, Nemre Adas. Attitude by professors of Brazilian Dental Schools before the aspects bioethical, ethic and legal dental treatment aspects. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2010, vol.48, n.1, pp.59-64. ISSN 0001-6365.

The study consist on an analysis of attitude by professors of Brazilian Dental Schools before the aspects bioethical, ethic and legal dental treatment aspects. The data collect occurred by semi-structured questioners send by e-mail and correspondence. It was applied the content analysis, by categorical analysis technique, according to Bardin. About bioethical aspects, 94,6% cited that the decision of treatment should be realized between professional and patient, because it don’t interfere on negative form (100%). Everybody consider important the interaction professional/patient, because it establishes the respect and mutual agreement between them (61,8%). Tangent at ethic aspects, 95,5% show all alternatives for determined case, even knowing that can lost patient, explaining on the technique and laical form to clear doubts(61,9%). About legal aspects, 82,4% allege that dental surgeon should treat his patient like consumer whereas offer techniques, materials and know through profession. And, like legal prove on occasional lawsuit, 57,1% mentioned that professional don’t need of contract necessarily, but a good documentation about patient and e assigned by him. It concluded that these aspects should be teached always to Dentistry academics, whereas they’re inherent at profession, to not stay vulnerable at future ethic, judges and other problems

Palavras-chave : Education; Higher; Dentistry; Bioethics; Ethics; Professional; Forensic Dentistry.