When looking for a new dentistry service, it is paramount to know all your rights concerning dental records. As a patient, you own all information contained in your previous patient charts. Furthermore, all the dentists you have ever visited should give you access to a copy of your complete dental record, which is one of the legal rights you have.
As per the Canadian laws, it is the duty of a Bolton dentist to furnish patients with copies of study models, radiographs, photographs, and any other document requested. To add to this, the law also allows a dentist to charge patients a reasonable fee that covers the costs of duplicating this records.
Additionally, the law bars dentist from withholding patients’ records even if there is money owed because of dental work rendered. This means that fee disputes and other disagreements between dentists and patients should not be grounds of withholding the transfer of, or access to, patients’ records.