UK dentists and dental care professionals struck off the register in 2026

Kacper Jakub Latos

The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Kacper Jakub Latos should be erased from the dental register. On 24 June 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct, ruling that he provided a poor standard of care to a patient over three years, failed to obtain informed consent, permitted an unregistered former dentist to treat her, and did not cooperate with the GDC. The committee ordered erasure and imposed an immediate suspension covering the appeal period.

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Colin Duncan McLauchlan

The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Colin Duncan McLauchlan should be erased from the register with immediate suspension. The Professional Conduct Committee, sitting in his absence, found widespread failings in examinations, radiograph reporting, diagnosis and consent across 39 patients between 2018 and 2023, and found he acted dishonestly towards four patients, including denying he had left a dental bur in a patient's mouth and misattributing his own root canal work to another dentist.

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Salama Begum

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.

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Harpreet Kaur Kundola

The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse and orthodontic therapist Harpreet Kaur Kundola should be erased from the register. The Professional Conduct Committee found her fitness to practise impaired by her 2024 conviction at Leeds Crown Court for conspiring to pervert the course of public justice, for which she received a suspended prison sentence. The panel said her behaviour was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration and suspended her registration immediately pending the appeal period.

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Jaroslaw Michal Iwanicki

The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Iwanicki's fitness to practise as a dentist is impaired by reason of misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the Dental Register. The Professional Conduct Committee found proved charges relating to inadequate clinical care of two patients, poor record keeping, failure to retain and provide dental records, deletion of clinical photographs, and a sustained failure to co-operate with the GDC. The Committee identified a deep-seated professional attitudinal problem and concluded that no lesser sanction was sufficient.

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Sharnie-Leigh Owens

The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Owens, a dental nurse, had her fitness to practise found impaired by reason of misconduct and adverse health following a Health Committee hearing held in private. The tribunal directed that her name be erased from the dental care professionals register, with an immediate suspension order pending the appeal period.

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Hannah Susan White

The GDC tribunal decided that Hannah Susan White's fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered her erasure from the dental care professionals register. The Professional Conduct Committee found that Miss White had submitted whitening tray prescriptions in her own name without proper authorisation, taken cash totalling £668 and teeth whitening gel from her employer without permission, and provided gel to colleagues outside her scope of practice. All charges were found proved. The Committee found no evidence of genuine insight or remorse, and determined that only erasure adequately protected the public.

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Sarah-Jayne Sandra Annie Scott

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Sarah-Jayne Sandra Annie Scott. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 6 March 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mrs Scott from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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Gemma Louise Brenda Boltwood

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Gemma Louise Brenda Boltwood. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 5 March 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Boltwood from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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Katie Louise Shields

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Katie Louise Shields. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 5 March 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Shields from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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Elena Horri

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Elena Horri. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 13 February 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Ms Horri from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. On 12 March 2026, Ms Horri lodged an appeal against the Professional Conduct Committee's decision. Ms Horri will remain suspended until the appeal has concluded. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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Tej Kumar Kundra

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Tej Kumar Kundra. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 5 February 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Kundra from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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Roshan Karunasekara

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Roshan Karunasekara. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 8 January 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Karunasekara from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. Please note Mr Karunasekara is now subject to 2 separate sanctions under separate cases. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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April Maureen Carrington

The GDC committee published a Health Committee decision for April Maureen Carrington. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 9 January 2026, the Health Committee made an order to erase Ms Carrington from the register and ordered that her registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

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