Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — review hearing
GDC panel extends conditions on dentist Sana Moazzam for 18 months over clinical care failings
The GDC's Professional Conduct Committee has extended conditions on dentist Sana Moazzam's registration for a further 18 months, finding her fitness to practise remains impaired by misconduct relating to the clinical care of three patients in 2021/22.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 14 May 2026 · Updated 9 July 2026
Conditions on practice (practising with restrictions) — 18 months
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Concerning Sana Moazzam, dentist (General Dental Council 229821).
Decision date: 14 May 2026 · Hearing started 14 May 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Sana Moazzam's fitness to practise remains impaired by misconduct relating to her clinical care of three patients in 2021/22, including radiography, treatment planning, record keeping and extracting an incorrect tooth. At a review hearing on 14 May 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee extended the conditions on her registration for a further 18 months, with a review before the order expires.
Charges
Misconduct relating to the clinical care and treatment of three patients in 2021/22. The initial Professional Conduct Committee found proved that her practice was poor in relation to radiographic practice, treatment planning, diagnostic assessments, cross infection control and record keeping, that she took an incorrect tooth out, and that she failed to adequately refer a patient to a dental therapist.
Findings
At the review hearing the Committee determined that her fitness to practise continues to be impaired by reason of misconduct for the same reasons expressed by the initial Committee. For reasons beyond her control she had been unable to resume work, so there had been no progress in her remediation and no evidence of embedded improvement in practice. Having been out of clinical practice for some ten years overall, there is a risk of significant deskilling posing a risk to the public. The Committee directed that the conditions on her registration be extended by a further 18 months, to be reviewed prior to expiry.
Source
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