BRITAIN: A British dentist has been banned from working after allowing her unqualified boyfriend to carry out dental work on patients in her surgery, the profession's UK regulatory body said.
Mojgan Azari was found guilty of serious professional misconduct for letting Omid Amidi-Mazaheri work at her practices in south London between 2002 and 2003, the General Dental Council said.
The boyfriend worked on more than 600 people, drilling out cavities without local anaesthetic and installing expensive fillings that crumbled within days, often leaving patients in agony, according to the BBC.
The dental council said Ms Azari had allowed him to carry on working in her surgeries for seven months after she had been warned that he was unregistered.
"This caused the patients considerable distress and inconvenience, and cost the National Health Service approximately £180,000."