David S. Hancock, D.D.S., FACD was born and raised in an academic family. He attended the University of Arizona for his undergraduate education.

Dr. Hancock attended Northwestern University Dental School, completing his degree in 1976. He began private practice in Scottsdale, July 1976. His private practice areas of interest were general and restorative dentistry, dental occlusion, and TM disorders. Interest in failed TM treatments led to years of study in orofacial pain with Jeffery Okeson DMD at the UKY orofacial pain center and Dr. Terry Tanaka. He has completed 200 + head and neck dissections with Dr. Tanaka.

Dr. Hancock is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the America Equilibration Society, the IADR /AADOCR and AADSM. He is also a member of the ADA Standard Committee on Dental Products, Working Group 9, and chairs the subgroup 9.69 dealing with adhesives/cements for CADCAM generated restorations. Dr Hancock is honored to hold fellowship in the American College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International.

Dr. Hancock is a perpetual learner. In his spare time, he enjoys exploring the White Mountains of Arizona and golfing with his three grandkids.

Dr. Hancock will review the five fundamental principles that form the foundation of the ADA Code: patient autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and veracity.

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the profession has codes of ethical behavior.
• Increase one's understanding of the ethical principles involved in clinical dilemmas.
• Realize multiple ethical principles are present in most clinical/ethical dilemmas.
• Examine central practice values as described by Ozar, Sokol and Patthoff.

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