Dental assistant shares with other citizens the responsibility for initiating and supporting action to meet the health and social needs of the public under a set of ethics, usually called a code. Members of a profession are expected to live up with the code of ethics, work after deciding what is most right or what is most wrong in each situation. Standards set by the code for dental assistant states them their responsibilities towards whom they serve their co-workers, the profession and lastly the society. A code safeguards them when he/she become a part of litigation.