RECHTeinfach – Aufklärung

Informational content about therapeutic decision-making and patient informed consent in dentistry. Discusses the legal principle that physicians are not required to always choose the safest therapeutic path, but must justify higher-risk treatments through individual medical circumstances or better healing prognosis. References a German Federal Court of Justice ruling (Az.: VI ZR 204/22 vom 21.05.2025) and applies it to dental procedures, including treatment options such as root canal treatment with apicoectomy versus extraction, and implant versus bridge restoration. Emphasizes the importance of proper patient education in therapeutic decision-making when multiple medically indicated and conventional methods lead to substantially different burdens, risks, or healing chances.