By Magdelena Harding, Dental Specialist Financial Adviser at Wesleyan Financial Services.

In dental practices today, it’s rare for patients to receive care from just one named dentist. Instead, treatment is often delivered by a team of professionals, including associates, hygienists, therapists and nurses.

While this collaborative approach can improve efficiency, it also means that patients are more likely to take legal action against the practice as a whole if something goes wrong – rather than the individual clinician involved.

This shift brings the concept of vicarious liability into sharp focus.