This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It offers a practical guide to the fundamental legal principles and concepts that need to be understood by all dentists.

• Gives a detailed understanding of key areas such as consent and negligence
• Highlights the clinical risk areas in general dental practice and ways of managing these risks
• Helps the dentist address the prime concern that treatments should be defensible and justifiable
• Takes account of variations in law within British Isles and Ireland - eg Scottish law.