Introduction:

Knowing the fundamental aspects of informed consent is essential for a correct dental clinical practice.

Objective:

Assess the knowledge of the dentists on the Informed Consent and relate it to the gender, age and specialty of the dentist. Analyze the relationship between the appreciation about the ethic training of the dentist and the management of clinical ethical situations with gender, age and specialty of the dentist.

Material and methods:

An online survey about informed consent was sent to the dentists practising in the dental clinic of Universidad Europea of Valencia.

Results:

62 questionnaires were analysed. A grade of 4.27 ± 0.55 was obtained in objective knowledge.

Conclusions:

Dentists usually have a medium to low level of knowledge. There was no statistically significant difference between the level of knowledge on informed consent in dentistry and the age, gender and specialty. There was no statistically significant difference between the dentist's perception of his ethical training and age, gender and specialty. A statistically significant difference was found between the management of the clinical situation and thee specialty of Orthodontics regardless of the age and gender of the dentist. Regarding the second clinical situation, no statistically significant difference was found regarding the age, gender and specialty of the dentist.