A Novel Approach for the Reimbursement of Permanent Partial Dental Disability Following Dental Injury.

J Contemp Dent Pract

Professor, Department of Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, Phone: +961-71247147, e-mail:

Published: June 2015

Reimbursement of long-term permanent disability following a dental injury can lead to claims and legal involvement by the injured person. This will delay the treatment the patient's quality of life and the court system. A new formula has been hypothesized to address the problem. This might help the stakeholders including patients, insurance companies. The details of calculating the index and its significance are discussed. Implication studies are mandatory to refine the proposed hypothesis.

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