[Analysis of claims to conclusions of forensic medical examinations in legal proceedings relating to personal injury during dental treatment].

Objective: To analyze the quantitative and qualitative composition of main claims from proceeding parties, submitted to the conclusions of forensic medical examinations, based on appellate complaints from trial participants and associated with personal injury as a result of dental treatment.

Material and methods: The judgment materials for the period from 2013 to 2022 yrs. were examined.

Results and conclusion: The multiple increase in the claims frequency to the absence of normative references in experts' conclusions (from 5.7% in 2013-2017 yrs. to 32.2% in 2018-2022 yrs.) and answers on the presence of causal link (from 1.8% in 2013-2017 yrs. to 22.6% in 2018-2022 yrs.), as well as to ignoring the findings of other independent experts (from 7.9% in 2013-2017 yrs. to 19.1% in 2018-2022 yrs.), to the lack of documentation on used examination methods in research part (from 4.4% in 2013-2017 yrs. to 20.9% in 2018-2022 yrs.), to production of expert evidence without patient's observation (from 6.1% in 2013-2017 yrs. to 12.2% in 2018-2022 yrs.) and to a number of other issues, requiring a new approach to develop a system of internal quality and safety control for forensic medical examinations, have been revealed.