Patient safety in dentistry—state of play as revealed by a national database of errors.

S. Thusu; S. Panesar; R. Bedi

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Patient safety in dentistry—state of play as revealed by a national database of errors.

October 3, 2012

Thusu S, Panesar S, Bedi R. Br Dent J. 2012;213(3):E3.

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This study investigated the different types of patient safety incidents in dentistry, along with the low rate of voluntary reporting of such events, in the United Kingdom.

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