Abstract
All members of the dental profession are responsible for protecting the Principles of Ethics: Autonomy, Nonmaleficence, Beneficence, Justice and Veracity. Peer Review is:
- A dispute resolution program.
- Available to all Indiana patients.
- A resource for disputes for both IDA members and non-members.
- Part of what makes dentistry a profession.
- Voluntary for the subject dentist regarding participation.
- Initiated by patient complaints onlNot permitted to have findings entered as evidence in court.
- Not disclosed as part of dental license renewal.
When a patient submits a request for mediation, the complaint involves an alleged violation of at least one of the Principles of Ethics by the subject dentist. The statistics for the number and types of cases addressed by IDA’s Peer Review Program in 2024 are attached. Over 70 percent of the 2024 cases were successfully mediated. Here are five examples of Peer Review cases and how ethics were involved:
Recommended Citation
(2025)
"Protecting Dentistry’s Ethics: IDA’s Peer Review Program,"
Journal IDA: Vol. 104:
Iss.
3, Article 9.
Available at:
https://commons.ada.org/journal-ida/vol104/iss3/9