Key services

• Protecting the professional integrity of members.
   
• Advice and assistance, including legal advice and assistance in all matters which challenge a dentist’s professional integrity.
   
• Indemnity for the dentist against costs and damages in dental negligence claims. We are not an insurance company, the benefits of membership are discretionary.
   
• 35 dento-legal advisers, who are all experienced dentists with special legal expertise, provide expert guidance and support to members in difficulty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition, locally based teams of dentists and lawyers with a specialised knowledge of dento-legal matters support the in-house advisers in all the nations where we operate.

Educational services

Educational material - publications focused on the many aspects of risk management and other issues relating to the dental profession. Risk management products help to support the members’ awareness of the potential risks in an increasingly litigious environment found in day to day practice. They provide guidelines to support best practice of dentistry within every jurisdiction.

The MPS Council - mainly medical and dental practitioners - controls the exercise of discretion and the assistance offered to members on behalf of the membership. Decisions on whether or not to assist individual members are therefore made by fellow healthcare professionals who understand how the profession works and apply criteria developed through long experience to enable our discretion to be exercised fairly and consistently in the best interests of our members as a whole.