Dental council says failure to update 1985 Dentists Act eroding confidence in profession
There is no statutory obligation on a dentist in Ireland to maintain their competence, according to the Dental Council of Ireland. Photograph: iStock
Other cases raised serious infection prevention and control concerns, including one dentist who was working from a Portakabin. In numerous incidences, concerns were raised about instruments not being properly sterilised, with one involving a dentist leaving bloodied extracted teeth on a radiator. “She outlined the processes she follows in her studio to prevent infection spreading — they were very similar to the dental council’s infection prevention and control standards — and she had valid concerns. She wanted the dental council to inspect and she was incredulous that we had no power to enter or inspect a dental practice.”
Public confidence in the profession is being eroded by a failure to update dental regulation, he added, with no register of dental practices and no way to hold practice owners who are not dentists to account.
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