Jurisprudência na cobrança de honorários profissionais em odontologia nos estados de São Paulo e Minas Gerais

• Autor(a) principal: Motta, Márcia Vieira da
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Muñoz, Daniel Romero, Fontana-Rosa, Julio Cesar, Piacsek, Monica Vieira da Motta, Silva, Moacyr da, Paula, Fernando Jorge De
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde, Ética & Justiça (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/sej/article/view/45781
• topic: Dentistry/jurisprudence & legislation; Forensic dentistry; Patient credit and collection.; Odontologia/legislação e jurisprudência; Odontologia legal; Crédito e cobrança de paciente

Payment in Dentistry has changed over the years and today diverse forms of compensation coexist such as salaries, fees and gratitude. The authors recovered all the collection actions filed in Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, online, and evaluated the main considerations by the judging body when deciding the suits. Most jurisprudence was from cases of oral rehabilitation, implants and orthodontics. Correct dental documentation was proven fundamental in the professional´s propositions, while failure to indicate the patient´s active participation on the records turned the allegations fragile. The elapsed time for the action to be prescribed increased from the previous Civil Code to the new one (5 years). The basic understanding regarding prosthetic rehabilitation still is that of an esthetic nature and not of a functional one, limited by biological factors. Basic flaws such as celebrating contracts with minors and lack of patient orientation regarding payment for multidisciplinary treatments were also observed.