Dental services

Croatian Doctors of dental medicine conduct patients according to their rights in independent and professional manner and provide them with the modern methods of treatment. Dental services consist of:

• Disease prevention, education on dental care and consultations
• Examinations to determine the existence or nonexistence of diseases, disorders or anomalies of oral cavity
• Assessment of patients current condition using proper instruments and providing treatment and rehabilitation if necessary
• Medication proscriptions and other medical products and accessories
• Issuing valid confirmations and experts opinions
• Doing other services according to regulations

A dentist, whether a general practitioner or a specialists, is qualified to practice dentistry after graduating with a degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery and after his license to practice dental medicine has been approved.

In the process of making diagnosis and selecting a proper treatment for the patient, Doctor of dental medicine is independent and obligated to act according to scientifically proven facts and methods of modern dental medicine.

Doctor of dental medicine is obligated to provide dental services according to principals of dental medicine.

Doctor of dental medicine must excuse him self from any activities that are contrary to independence, dignity and reputation of dental medicine.

Doctor of dental medicine can have only one dental practice. Doctor of dental medicine can own a laboratory for the sake of providing additional dental services in his practice.

In order to start the necessary treatment, a Doctor of dental medicine is bound to have all required dental accessories and remedies at his disposal as it is proscribed by scientifically proven methods of dental medicine.

Further more, a doctor of dental medicine is obligated to elaborate the recommended procedures and ways of treatment in a language that is understandable to the patient. The doctor has to inform the patient about all possible risks arising from selected treatment as well as giving him/her the choice of seeking a second opinion.

Any information that a patient reveals to his dentist is a part of doctor – patient privilege and has to be kept as a secret by the dentist. This comprehends information regarding patient’s personal and family life as well as his social status and health problems and treatments. Doctor of dental medicine is to keep this information as a secret even form his/hers close family members, even after patient’s death.

Doctor of dental medicine, among other stated obligations, has to have exact, up to date and accurate dental documentation for all his/hers patients as it is proscribed by authorized health care institution. If requested, the documentation can be reviewed by authorized ministry of health, countries governing body and Chamber or court authorities.

Here are some examples of dentistry specialties:

• Dental prosthetics
• Family dentistry
• Parodontology
• Orthodontics
• Dental pathology
• Oral pathology

These dentistry specialties comprehend a number of subspecialties which are stated in catalogue croatiamedicine.com along side the dentist’s name.

List of dentists’ from A to Z