Urgent warning about teeth whitening

[BotoxBoy]

http://www.gdc-uk.org/Newsandpublic...mposes-fine-for-illegal-tooth-whitening-.aspx

January 2012

 

[BotoxBoy]

http://www.theperfectsmile.co.uk/ne...ned-7000-for-undertaking-tooth-whitening.html

 

[BotoxBoy]

Ps I've just noticed your basing your argument on the word 'believe' from the GDC, a panel of senior dental experts... You feel that their 'belief' isn't strong enough? Madness.

 

[Adie]

Hi there you were up early.

Have you seen the prosecution case files? One of the Barristers consulted has.

I have to accept legal and TS advice over what is posted here.

As I say, if people do stupid things i.e. breach HSE standards, purport to be a dentist, do not hold relevant insurance or use dangerous products they will leave themselves wide open to prosecution.

Belief is not a legal certainty. If it was, all the non-dentists could be picked off easily. However, the cases brought forward have been due to complaints regarding the process, health risk or purporting to be a dentist.

The Smile Style (£6K) case was inevitable, due to the many complaints on the internet about harm, dirty offices, illegal products, advertising the use of dental nurses who not actual dental nurses etc..

The Liverpool beautician case was struck out mid/late August.

Your concern and comments are appreciated.

 

[ssuk]

just to clarify, a record form does not have to be used for consent. Knowing BotoxBoys background im sure he will appreciate consent can be informed or implied.

implied would be the dentist says open wide, and you do. you have implied that you consent (dentist hasnt forces you to open your mouth and have treatment)

just to clarify

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[bnc]

Thought this might be of interest!

http://www.facebook.com/StampOutIllegalToothWhitening

 

[toothpolice]

botoxboy is 100% correct, it is illegal for anyone to perform tooth whitening that are not a dentist/hygienist or therapist registered with the general dental council.

It is not a GDC belief, it is a fact of law.

Those who sell salon whitening training courses usually hark back to an optident ruling (well parts of it that suit them) and an outdated version from the house of lords 2001, the fact is that the 1984 dentists act states that only dental professionals may carry out the act of dentistry and the new law in october 2012 supports this plus regulates the gels and percentages of hp used.

Now here's something to think about... if a client presented for teeth whitening, you would need to be able to look at their mouth to decide if they are a suitable candidate or not. Looking in their mouth to assess them is a dental examination and is an act of dentistry.

If you go ahead and do that assessment, then carry out the treatment, what happens if in future that patient is diagnosed with an oral cancer? They may go back through their dental history and say that you did tooth whitening and assessed them but didn't notice a lesion, or that the gel you used may have caused changes in their oral tissue. Now how do you protect yourself against that happening? If a patient contracts hepatitis or HIV and goes back over their history and comes back to you to see what procedures you went through for sterilisation, decontamination, what product batch no you used etc. What do you do then?

these are all issues that happen in everyday life. How can you possibly be qualified to deal with them.

For the sake of a few quid, its not worth feeling the weight of the law and a huge fine.

 

[ruberio]

i just stumbled across this thread tonight, i completely agree with everything that Botox Boy, Bnc and Toothpolice(loving that name) amongst others have stated on this thread, i'm also an ex GDC registered dental nurse and practice manager. i'm still horrified and baffled that people will put their teeth and general oral health at risk for a cheap deal. and as for someone stating that 30% was used to whiten teeth, no self respecting dentist that i know or have ever worked with would dream of using this!xxx

 

[angelardn]

I'm a GDC registered specialist dental nurse.

I'm not allowed to put my hands in a patient's mouth and I'm certainly not allowed to carry out this procedure.

OK, being able to say you've carried out 1000's of treatments is great, but what happens when something goes wrong? Does the 'client' come back to you to so you can remedy the problem or do they end up being a 'patient' at their dental practice or emergency room?

I have nursed for many whitening treatments and can tell you all about the various products, procedures, risks etc, but if I were to attempt to whiten someone's teeth I could be struck off the register.

It is really frustrating that non dental professionals can whiten teeth after doing a short training course. I have had to some pretty intensive training to do what I do, but no dental company would consider training me to whiten teeth and I'm not surprised, there is too much at stake.


I do feel a little bit like this is a waste of a post, because those are going to whiten teeth will still whiten teeth, because people like us are just ranting and being dramatic.

Hay ho.

I'm with you on this. Been a dental nurse for 25 years and wouldn't risk my registration to put my fingers in anyone's mouth