Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ethical dilemmas in the education of dentists -- Ethics in dental school -- Licensure and licensing examinations -- The joy of solo private practice -- The ethics of referrals : building relationships to build your practice -- Ethics of professional group dental practice -- Ethical considerations in dentistry -- Esthetic dentistry -- Patient's perspective on medical ethics -- Dental board and licensure : where the rubber meets the road of ethical decision making -- Conscientious billing practices : ethical decision making for patient billing and dental benefit company relations -- The ethics of career-long learning -- Office management -- Ethics and advertising -- Informed consent -- The itinerant practice in denistry -- Ethics in transition -- Epilogue.