Abstract
There have been active discussions on the need for informed consent in general medicine. The dental profession is also faced with an urgent need for the system of informed consent where treatment procedures, expected results, treatment fees, etc. are explained to a patient before treatment is started to gain his or her consent to the treatment.
One of the main objectives of dentistry is to restore occlusion. Sufficient explanations cannot be given to the patient with radiographs alone.
My clinic has a basic policy of making occlusal diagnosis in centric relation with study models mounted on a semi-adjustable articulator. With the use of mounted models, our patients can observe their occlusal conditions and underlying temporomandibular movement patterns which could not be observed otherwise.
The reproduction of prematurities and occlusal interferences on the mounted models serves to facilitate the process of obtaining a patient's informed consent.
