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Date Posted: 14:27:29 11/24/22 Thu
Author: MymyselfandI
Subject: Re: Boy, 14yp, USA, dental procedures with lower body procedure too
In reply to: 's message, "Re: Boy, 14yp, USA, dental procedures with lower body procedure too" on 00:37:46 11/23/22 Wed

Is it possible that another doctor could determine the boy's puberty status from photos and perhaps measurements taken by the dentist or oral surgeon and his/her assistant, without the assessing doctor actually having to be present? If so this would simplify things a lot.

Health care professionals frequently do things to patients under anesthesia without telling them. The patient or parent usually signs some kind of release that virtually no one ever reads or fully understands, that probably gives them the right to do a lot more than the patient or guardian thinks. In some of these cases it's possible mom could have been told something general about an "assessment" while son was asleep, without being given any real details of all that meant.

I would not have a problem with these undisclosed exams,
IF they were done in the best interests of the patient, ie to insure the best orthodontic outcome, or make the best possible determination of whether or not braces can be applied now, or if they should wait until later. And IF they were not abused, and the dentist and his assistant acted with a reasonable degree of professionalism, and kept whatever they were thinking to themselves, and did everything possible to minimize risk to the patient.

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