Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — substantive hearing
Practising with restrictions — 9 months
The regulator’s term: conditions on practice
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Concerning Abu Bashar, dentist (General Dental Council 283641).
Decision date: 1 April 2026 · Hearing started 23 March 2026 and ended 1 April 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that Abu Bashar, a dentist, had failed to offer NHS composite build-ups to three patients when the treatment was clinically necessary, and had failed to obtain informed consent from one patient. The Professional Conduct Committee found his conduct was misleading but dismissed the dishonesty charge, finding he had genuinely misunderstood NHS regulations. The tribunal imposed a 9-month conditions of practice order with immediate effect, requiring workplace supervision and regular audits.
Charges
Mr Bashar failed to provide an adequate standard of care to three patients (Patient A, B and C, three brothers) between August and November 2023 by failing to offer composite build-ups to canine teeth on the NHS when clinically necessary. He also failed to obtain informed consent from Patient A on 22 November 2023 in that he did not advise the patient that the treatment was available on the NHS. His conduct was found to be misleading. The charge of dishonesty based on financial motivation was not proved.
Findings
The Professional Conduct Committee found the following charges proved: failure to offer NHS treatment (composite build-ups to four canine teeth) to Patients A, B and C when the treatment was clinically indicated; failure to obtain informed consent from Patient A; and that this conduct was misleading. The Committee found that Mr Bashar had genuinely misunderstood the NHS regulations rather than being dishonest. The Committee found misconduct and current impairment on grounds of public protection and public interest, as Mr Bashar's insight was not fully developed. Conditions of practice for 9 months were imposed, with an immediate conditions order, requiring workplace supervision, three-monthly clinical audits and reflective writing.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
No fitness to practise history; the incidents related to one treatment issue affecting three members of the same family; Mr Bashar apologised for shortcomings in communication and documentation; remedial action taken over several years.
Aggravating factors
Risk of harm to patients as two of the three patients did not go ahead with proposed treatment due to cost concerns caused by not being informed of NHS availability; insight not fully developed, including because Mr Bashar denied the charges throughout the hearing and reflections did not sufficiently address the key issues.
Source
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