Routine and Special Informed Conscious s Agreements in Dental, Surgical and Treatment Protocols

Introduction: Operations and complicated treatment protocols need the informed conscious and also agreements, with a more precise context, from patients and sometimes from their guardians. These agreements are needed as a precaution to prevent any responsibilities from accusing the medical staff or dentists should any legal problems arise. Aims: In many cases nowadays, patients are not required to fill in and special informed conscious agreement (Baraat Letter) form in operations and complicated dental procedures. The routine agreement form filled out by patients is not considered as valuable evidence in the legal systems due to the lack of the six essential items that are known to the informed conscious agreement. Conclusion: The presence of both the routine and special informed conscious (Baraat Letter) are necessary in order to cover all legal responsible that may involve the surgeon and dentist. The absence of any of the two, results in high financial penalties, the loss of the surgeon's or dentist's job permission and even the closure of the involved clinic. It is notable that due to the special legal and medical system in Iran doctors and dentists have a much higher legal and medical responsibility in relation to their patients.