Abstract
Dental professionals belong to a group of health-care providers that are governed by a uniform code of ethics. An important component of ethics is the informed consent, which corresponds to the basic principle of patient autonomy and respect. Informed consent signifies that every patient should provide autonomous, voluntary and informed consent for the treatment rendered to him/her. The process of informed consent is also helpful in improving the dentist-patient relationship thereby providing quality treatment. Informed consent in biomedical research is required to obtain the participants voluntary approval for being part of the study after understanding the various aspects of research and their role in it. This article outlines the various aspects of informed consent such as the types, the process of obtaining consent in clinical practice and biomedical research. Information regarding the regulations outlined by the governing bodies in India such as Dental Council of India, Indian Council of Medical Research and Indian penal code for informed consent is also provided in this article.
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