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Dental nurseGeneral Dental Council 287019

Salama Begum

Currently suspended

Salama Begum, dental nurse (General Dental Council 287019). Most recent decision: Erasure (struck off the register) on 2 June 2026 by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.

Last verified against the General Dental Council register on 30 April 2026.

Current status

Most recent outcome: Erasure (struck off the register), decided 2 June 2026 by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.

What does “struck off the register” mean?

Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.

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Decisions and hearings

  1. Dental Professionals Hearings Servicesubstantive hearing

    Erasure(struck off the register)

    The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Salama Begum should be erased from the register, with an immediate suspension order. The Professional Conduct Committee found she offered and provided tooth whitening services outside a dental nurse's scope of practice and without indemnity cover, putting patient safety at risk, and that she acted dishonestly by denying the work to her employer and falsely telling the GDC it had approved the service.

  2. Dental Professionals Hearings Serviceinterim orders hearing

    Interim order imposed(interim restrictions imposed)· 15 months

    The Dental Professionals Hearings Service published an Interim Orders Committee decision for Salama Begum. The committee continued the interim suspension under a 15-month order. This is an interim, precautionary decision while the GDC process continues, and the public detail page does not record final findings about the underlying concerns.

Practitioner details

Year qualified
2019

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