Nose puncture dentist struck off
‘A dentist who punctured a patient’s nose with a needle has been struck off by the General Dental Council in order to protect the public.
Her legal team had launched an attempt to get a ban on her working lifted.
However, the GDC committee ruled that she represented a “real risk to patients” and that the only appropriate sanction was to strike her off. [..]
Chairman Robin Heron said the panel took the view that her work had “fallen substantially below the standards expected of a registered medical practitioner”.
He said there were significant shortcomings in her work and concerns about her “poor dexterity and operating technique”.’
