Dental care for children with disabilities – ethical considerations All dental care demands an ethical approach, maybe even more so in child dental care. Today more children with disabilities or longterm illness come to the dentist. How these children should be met and cared for does not differ from other patients, but in dental care for children with disabilities and long-term illness it may be more likely for situations and ethical dilemmas to evolve, where the dentist must stop, reflect, and analyze before continuing with treatment. Autonomy, integrity, and informed consent are important concepts when meeting patients and parents. The dentist also has to be prepared to sometimes step in and substitute autonomy.