toothpolice
Member
Hi All,
I am the founder of a group called stamp out illegal tooth whitening. We are mostly made up of dental professionals however have more and more beauty professionals posting asking for advice.
We've been pointed to a thread here relating to tooth whitening and companies offering training, yet all of the replies on the thread are fully aware that it is illegal to whiten teeth if you are not a dentist/hygienist or dental therapist registered with the General Dental Council.
We were delighted to read that thread and see that the majority of you guys were refusing to go on the courses and recognised that tooth whitening would make you liable to prosecution.
We are trying to help anyone that has been misled into spending thousands on a training course only to find afterwards that they have been conned into paying for a certificate that is worthless and leaves them open to prosecution if they start the service in their salon. We have had many beauty professionals message us, upset that they have tried to get fee's refunded etc and got nowhere.
I would like to find out how big this issue really is and how often these companies are approaching salons to train with them etc.
I hope its ok to post here and would appreciate any replies. I'm off out for the evening shortly but will be back later tonight.
many thanks
Bev
I am the founder of a group called stamp out illegal tooth whitening. We are mostly made up of dental professionals however have more and more beauty professionals posting asking for advice.
We've been pointed to a thread here relating to tooth whitening and companies offering training, yet all of the replies on the thread are fully aware that it is illegal to whiten teeth if you are not a dentist/hygienist or dental therapist registered with the General Dental Council.
We were delighted to read that thread and see that the majority of you guys were refusing to go on the courses and recognised that tooth whitening would make you liable to prosecution.
We are trying to help anyone that has been misled into spending thousands on a training course only to find afterwards that they have been conned into paying for a certificate that is worthless and leaves them open to prosecution if they start the service in their salon. We have had many beauty professionals message us, upset that they have tried to get fee's refunded etc and got nowhere.
I would like to find out how big this issue really is and how often these companies are approaching salons to train with them etc.
I hope its ok to post here and would appreciate any replies. I'm off out for the evening shortly but will be back later tonight.
many thanks
Bev