what is a dentist peer review?

Answer 1

It means that in a situation such as a patient complaint, a dentist will be judged by a group of his peers (other dentists) and they are supposed to listen to all the facts, his side and the patients, and decide if how he acted was how they personally would have acted if they were in the same situation.

Lets say, a patient complains to the state board that a dentist messed up their tooth. The dentist will give his version of the situation, such as the tooth was in very poor condition to begin with and he did the best he could to repair the damage, however it was just too far gone to repair without very extensive and expensive work. The dentists review board will look at the x-rays and patients chart and determine if this were their patient, would they have done the same treatment and do they agree with the dentist or do they think he did something wrong. If the majority agree that the dentist did all he could and was no neglegent, the patient looses and their complaint is dropped.

Answer 2

MICHELE,
A PEER REVIEW IS WHEN THE ACTIONS THAT THE DENTIST TOOK ARE BROUGHT BEFORE A GROUP OF OTHER DENTISTS AND THE CASE AND THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DENTIST ARE DISCUSSED.
THIS MAY BE DONE WHEN SUB-STANDARD TREATMENT IS RENDERED.