About PLP

The Professional Liability Program is a program of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario created in the 1970s to administer malpractice protection for Ontario dentists.

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Expertise & Experience

PLP and the RCDSO

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PLP Protection

Assistance through the Professional Liability Program is available to members and former members of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO) who were registered at the time of the events giving rise to a claim.

Professional Liability

Am I Protected?

Deductibles

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Request Confirmation of Malpractice Protection

How To Purchase Excess Protection

Risk Management

The Professional Liability Program's service to its members goes beyond resolving patient claims and extends to providing one-on-one and group risk management advice.

Preventing an Incident and/or Claim

Dealing with a Patient Incident

Responding to a Claim

Case Studies

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Education

The Professional Liability Program assists members in avoiding dental-legal difficulties through presentations to dental students, societies and associations and articles and case studies posted on this website.

PLP Presentations

PLP Core Courses

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Professional Liability Program staff often answer questions from members related to patient care, recordkeeping and dental-legal issues. Commonly-asked questions are answered on this site.

Patient treatment, records and consent issues

Patient dissatisfaction

Dental-legal and regulatory issues

Your practice and administrative issues

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PLP Presentations

Professional Liability Program staff are available to present PLP’s core courses to approved sponsors. PLP will also prepare and present customized non-core courses for the membership.

PLP Core 1 Courses

We currently present three category 1 core courses: Communication Breakdown, The Big Picture, and Patient Safety Incidents and Adverse Events. Learn more about these courses.

PLP Category 1 Core Courses

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Let us know if you are interested in hosting a PLP presentation by completing our online form.

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