Published regulator decisions
UK dentists and dental care professionals struck off the register in 2026
Being struck off removes the practitioner from the register. They are not permitted to practise that regulated profession in the UK while the erasure remains in force. This page is generated from source-backed determinations already published on MedicWatch.
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21 total
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
Following a hearing ending on 4 September 2026, the GDC Professional Conduct Committee directed João Miguel Rebola Costa's erasure for misconduct involving two falsified employment references. Other employment-history and NHS-conditions allegations were dismissed or not proved. The Committee found impairment on public-interest grounds, not public-protection grounds. It imposed immediate suspension while erasure awaits the end of the appeal period or disposal of an appeal. It found that a lesser sanction would not maintain public confidence.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that Lyndsey Michelle Trembath's fitness to practise was impaired following assault matters and failures to notify the regulator. It ordered her removal from the register and immediate suspension during the appeal period. The committee found the notification failures misleading, but rejected the dishonesty allegations. Removal takes effect 28 days after the decision is formally served unless she appeals; immediate suspension continues during any appeal.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that Jenefar Mosfie Kabir should be erased from the dental register. The Professional Conduct Committee made the order on 7 August 2026 and also ordered that her registration be suspended immediately. The record says the decision is within the appeal period. No charges or findings of fact have been published on the public hearing record for this case.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that William Gamba should be erased after findings of serious clinical failings, treating patients while suspended and failing to cooperate with its investigation. One allegation was not proved and another was withdrawn. The committee found current impairment and no evidence of remediation or insight. It imposed immediate suspension to cover the appeal period and any appeal, pending the erasure taking effect.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Martin Wells should be erased from the register. The Professional Conduct Committee made the order on 6 August 2026 and ordered that his registration be suspended immediately. The GDC records that the decision is within the appeal period. The published outcome summary for this hearing does not set out the charges or the committee's findings, and no full determination document was available on the hearing page at the time of publication.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Andrea Strafford should be erased after finding that she dishonestly took approximately £240 from her employer and failed to cooperate with its investigation. The separate allegation that her conduct was misleading was not proved. The committee found a risk of repetition without evidence of insight or remediation. It imposed immediate suspension to cover the appeal period.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
The GDC tribunal decided that Todor Nenkov Nikolov should be erased after finding two dishonest omissions involving dental regulators. He concealed his GDC registration when applying in Ireland and later failed to report the Irish regulator’s removal decision. The committee found insufficient insight or remediation and a risk of repetition. It imposed immediate suspension to cover the appeal period. His earlier indefinite suspension was a separate order.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDentist
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.
Dental Professionals Hearings ServiceDental nurse
Erasure(struck off the register)
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.