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The dental profession holds a special level of trust with the patients; the profession makes a commitment to patient that they will adhere to high ethical standard of conduct. In recent times the dental profession is under attack by litigation cases by disgruntled patients who are not satisfied by the treatment. The dissatisfaction can be resolved between patients and doctors but sometimes patient turn to courts to get the matter solved. A litigation case against a dentist causes loss of reputation, loss of income, harassment, mental agony and embarrassment in the society. Hence, to protect oneself from such type of suffering the dentist should have an idea about the rules and regulation guiding their profession, the law and litigation pertaining to their practice and standard protocols to follow to avoid the malpractice cases. The data gathered for this review article was from manual and internet search of records. The following review article provides basic information on ethical principles, dental negligence and related liabilities, case reports and how to make dental treatment more qualitative and accountable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]