Gonçalves, P. E. [UNESP]Garbin, Clea Adas Saliba [UNESP]Garbin, Artênio José Ísper [UNESP]Moimaz, Suzely Adas Saliba [UNESP]Oliveira, R. N. de2014-05-272014-05-272007-12-01Avances en Odontoestomatologia, v. 23, n. 3, p. 135-140, 2007.0213-1285http://hdl.handle.net/11449/70110Professional-patient relationship and its importance for a good performance and success of the dental treatment must be reflected upon by means of their bioethical aspects. Our study aimed at evaluating dentist-surgeons' knowledge (n=163) in conducting specialization courses at São Paulo State University-UNESP, on these aspects. Out of the people surveyed, 88.1% mentioned that a decision for the treatment should be made by mutual agreement between professionals and patients, however, 26.4% report that patients' or their legal representative's participation in decision-making can cause negative interference. Professionals' acting when patients choose a less suitable treatment, 95.6% try to convince patients that it is not the best choice and persuade them for a better one by keeping the paternalistic model. It was noticed that 20.3% did not know how to relate the importance of professional-patient interaction as regards the dental treatment. It was therefore concluded that many dentist-surgeons are not taking these bioethical aspects into account in clinical practice.135-140spaBioethicsPaternalismPersonal autonomyProfessional-patient relationEvaluación del conocimiento de los cirujanos dentistas brasileños sobre aspectos bioéticos en el tratamiento odontológicoEvaluation of the knowledge of Brazilian dental surgeons on bioethical aspects of dental treatmentArtigo10.4321/S0213-12852007000300004S0213-12852007000300004Acesso aberto2-s2.0-77950439842S0213-12852007000300004.pdf279947307303069344191585257096860000-0001-5069-8812