A responsabilidade civil do cirurgião-dentista

Abstract

This study deals with the civil liability of dental surgeons for damages caused by their professional activity. In observance of the expansion of that professional's performance, especially in aesthetic procedures, and in view of the increase in legal proceedings against these professionals, the objective is to delimit the criteria that should be used to define the dentist's civil liability for aesthetic or pathological damage arising from their activity, delimiting and exposing the guiding criteria of their responsibility. The methodological procedures consist of basic, descriptive, bibliographical, documentary, qualitative research, with a hypotheticaldeductive approach and a monographic procedure. It is concluded that civil liability arising from dental activity is subjective, with peculiarities due to the procedure, the consequence and the burden of proof.