What are types of injuries commonly occur in the field of dentistry?
An analysis of dental malpractice by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners defines dental injury on a nine-point scale ranging from “minor injury” (emotional, temporary insignificant, and temporary minor injuries) to “significant injury” (temporary major, permanent minor, and permanent significant injuries) to “major injury” (major permanent and permanent grave injuries, which may include death). Such types of injuries may occur due to many aggravating and mitigating factors like unnecessary advancement of disease, operative injury, visceral/nerve injury, foreign body remnants, failure to relieve due to ineffective operation, and unnecessary/inappropriate surgery.
