{"id":78,"date":"2026-02-18T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:44:35","slug":"patient-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/patient-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Patients at the clinics of the UNMC College of Dentistry have the right to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Considerate, respectful and confidential care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current and complete information about their oral conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An explanation of recommended care and alternate care and the advantages, disadvantages, costs and time involved for each.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Informed consent to treatment and the option to refuse treatment with an explanation of risks of no treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Availability of emergency, incremental and total care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timely, ongoing care until agreed treatment is completed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Care that meets the standard of care for the dental profession including currently accepted infection control measures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to a patient advocate to discuss or mediate concerns related to care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/_documents\/hipaa\/npp5.pdf\">Notice of Privacy Practices for dental patients<\/a>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/_documents\/hipaa\/npp6.pdf\">low vision<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients at the clinics of the UNMC College of Dentistry have the right to: See also:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/dentalservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}