Can a dentist refuse dental treatment to a person with Hepatitis C?!
Question:
Can a dentist refuse dental treatment to a person with Hepatitis C?
Answers:
No. No dentist or healthcare professional can ever refuse treatment to a person who has a disease. That includes AIDS, Hep C, etc. They can request that the patient reschedule if they have an active herpes lesion, cough that wont go away and hasnt been treated (could be TB which is infectious), or has high blood pressure and is not under a doctor's care. They dont ever say they will never treat a person they just ask a person to seek medical attention and then return.
But with something uncurable such as Hep C just tell them up front you have Hep C, but they will not treat you any differently. It just lets them know to be even more careful when carrying any instruments they used on you, so noone gets pricked by accident.
And in case you ever go unconcious or something bad happens and they have to call an ambulance they can then inform the medical personnel that you have hep C.