Informed Consent to Patients in Root Canal Treatment (Case Study: Melati Dental Clinic Jakarta, Indonesia)

Teeth with necrosis require root canal treatment. Before taking any action, the treatment plan that will becarried out along with the risks must be explained clearly to the patient and his family, and then must getinformed consent for the treatment plan. The purpose of this study was to the description of informed consentin patients with root canal treatment at the Melati Dental Clinic in Jakarta. Method: This research usesdescriptive method with research sample using technique total sampling of 50 respondents. The data usedare secondary data taken from the patient’s medical record. Results: Respondents 33 people (66%) providedcomplete informed consent and 17 people (34%) did not give complete informed consent. Respondentsdoing root canal treatment caused by caries as many as 38 people (76%) and respondent root canal treatmentcaused not because of caries as many as 12 people (24%). Respondents provided complete informed consentin patients with root canal treatment because of caries by 27 people (71%) and giving complete informedconsent not because of caries by 6 people (50%). Whereas giving informed consent was incomplete becauseof caries as many as 11 people (29%) and incomplete informed consent was not due to caries as many as 6people (50%). Conclusion: Management of Informed Consent in Root Canal Treatment patients at MelatiDental Clinic in Jakarta has been carried out well.