What are the most common legal issues a dental practice might face?

If ever confronted with a board complaint. If there's one thing that I could caution all providers, take it seriously. From step one. Don't wait for you to alert malpractice or to retain private counsel until down the road. After you've submitted a response, after you've produced records in response to a subpoena, and you get the sense that the board isn't going away, it's almost too late at that standpoint. Now, of course, good lawyering can always come in and hopefully clean up a challenging issue. But the sooner you bring in help, either through your malpractice carrier, if you have coverage for board matters, or through private counsel, it's important to do that at the beginning stage so that a proper strategy can be implemented. From step one.