Dental Patient Bill of Rights

Your dentist is the best source of information about your dental health and wants you to feel comfortable about your dental care. You have the right to ask questions. As an informed dental patient you also have these important rights:

You have a right…

To know in advance the type of treatment that will be provided and the expected cost of treatment

To expect dental team members to use appropriate infection controls.

To be informed about treatment alternatives and to be told in easily understood language about the advantages and disadvantages of each.

To accept or decline your treatment recommendations.

To know the education and training of your dentist and dental team members

To know what professional rules, laws, and ethics apply to your dentist and dental team.

To receive considerate and respectful treatment.

To receive reasonable emergency care from your dentist.

To choose your own dentist.

Information provided by the Minnesota Dental Association