Naidoo, Sudeshni2014-08-142014-08-142010Naidoo, S. (2010). Dental ethics case 3: informed consent: risks and benefits of treatment. South African Dental Journal 65(6):270-2711029-4864http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1183Studies have shown that pre-operative patient education, providing coping strategies and/or reasonable expectations regarding the post-operative course can help lessen patient anxiety and decrease pain, complications and recovery time.enThis file may be freely used for educational uses. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the South African Dental Association (SADA). Note that the SADA retains all intellectual property rights in the article.Pre-operative patient educationDental treatmentRisks and side-effectsArticle