Fitness to Practise

Dentist suspended over treatment of lip and tongue ties – what can we learn?

Lactation experts Ashana Gupta and Sarah Oakley analyse the case of a dentist suspended over consent failings in infant tongue…

Dentistry

Former dentist found guilty of £92,500 NHS fraud

Former dentist Fariba Shameli has been found guilty of defrauding the National Health Service (NHS) out of more than £92,500…

Dentistry

Indemnity in action: real cases, real decisions, real support

Join Elaine Cook on 15 July at 7pm as she discusses indemnity in action through real cases, real decisions and…

Business

High Court orders new sanction hearing in racist and sexualised comments case

Warning: This story contains comments of a racist nature and references to sexual violence A High Court ruling has exposed…

Dentistry

Dentist erased over dental bur dishonesty and failings involving 39 patients

A dentist who denied leaving a dental bur in a patient’s mouth and told her it would not cause harm…

Dentistry

Should the GDC scrap its Standards for the Dental Team?

The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a consultation on proposals to replace the Standards for the Dental Team with…

Dentistry

When things go wrong, Densura is here for you

When complaints, claims or regulatory investigations arise, having the right support can make all the difference – Densura explains the…

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GDC publishes updated guidance to ‘reduce fear and stress’ in dentistry

The General Dental Council (GDC) has this week published its updated decision-making guidance in a bid to reduce fear among registrants.…

Dentistry

Most GDC registrants are dissatisfied with fitness to practise process

Most dental professionals are dissatisfied with the fitness to practise process and the outcome of their case, according to the…

Dentistry

Fitness to practise: GDC to explore ‘less adversarial’ processes

Having fewer dental professionals fear the General Dental Council (GDC) is just one of the aims set by the regulator…

Dentistry

‘Fear, uncertainty, exhaustion’: navigating fitness to practise proceedings

Carol Somerville Roberts shares her personal experience of fitness to practise proceedings and advice for other dental professionals on how…

Dentistry

Dentist struck off for forging patient complaints against colleagues

A dentist has been erased from the GDC register for submitting fake patient complaints as part of fitness to practise…

Dentistry

GDC extends fitness to practise improvements

The initial enquiries process introduced to improve ‘timeliness and proportionality’ in fitness to practise proceedings will now apply to isolated…

Dentistry

Dental nurse suspended for posting patients online – what can we learn from this?

Professionalism, privacy, and the perils of posting: Biju Krishnan shares some lessons from a GDC fitness to practise case in…

Dental Nursing

Two thirds of fitness to practise concerns raised against men 

Male dentists accounted for 65% of fitness to practise (FtP) concerns raised in 2024, as shown by newly-released GDC statistics.…

Dentistry

GDC outlines its plans for the next three years

The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its 2025 Costed Corporate Plan (CCP), detailing its workplan for the next three…

Dentistry

Will the storm of fitness to practise injustice ever clear?

Policy makers must address the unforgiving dento-legal weather created by fitness to practise procedures if they want to resolve the…

Dentistry

News you’ve missed this week – 15 February 2025

It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…

Dentistry

Fitness to practise: all you need to know as a dental professional

We explore what fitness to practise in dentistry is, recent changes that have come into force and what the profession…

Dentistry