One Co Galway dentist accounts for 75% of complaints made to regulator over past four years

, but reforms to regulation of dentistry have not been advancedThe vast majority of contacts received by the Dental Council each year are complaints from patients about the treatment they received. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

The vast majority of contacts received by the council each year are complaints from patients about the treatment they received, its registrar, David O’Flynn, said.Read Dean Rock and Michael Murphy every week in The Irish Times Dentists comprise a majority on the Dental Council – 12 out of 19 members. The council has not published an annual report since 2018 due, Mr O’Flynn said, to resourcing issues.

Since 2020, there have been 38 applications for an inquiry into a dentist; 26 made by patients, nine by the council and three by the profession. Mr O’Flynn said there have been “constructive discussions” with the Department of Health on future legislative change. Amendments under consideration would require dentists to produce a certification of registration when asked and to undergo mandatory professional competence schemes.

“The Minister met the council in January to discuss the regulatory powers available to them under the Act, and the potential advancement of interim amendments. A series of thematic engagements between the department and the council to discuss legislative matters in more depth have taken place, with further engagements planned,” it said.

She was prescribed antibiotics by the dentist on eight separate occasions, but the pain persisted. There followed a medical odyssey – visits to eight further dentists and dental surgeons, eight doctors, a two-week hospital stay, medication and two nerve blocks.“What was meant to be a routine dental procedure left me with a devastating permanent injury that will need treatment and pain medication for the rest of my life,” Patricia said.

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