Processing errors and management errors

This book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding, preventing, and managing processing errors in dental practice. It emphasizes the importance of patient safety, clinical efficiency, and professional integrity while offering practical solutions for error reduction. Designed for dental students, practitioners, and laboratory technicians, it integrates evidence-based approaches, protocols, and legal considerations to promote quality care.The book begins by defining processing errors as deviations from standard dental procedures that compromise outcomes. These errors may arise during diagnosis, treatment planning, prosthesis fabrication, surgical steps, or communication. They are classified into human errors-resulting from lack of skill, fatigue, or oversight-and system errors, which stem from flawed workflows, poor training, or outdated equipment. The introduction stresses the ethical and legal responsibility of dental professionals to minimize harm and improve patient safety.