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Mr.Dhamecha

On 5th September 2008 the professional conduct committee found your fitness to practise impaired by reason of your misconduct. This finding was due to two occasions in October 2006 when you failed to observe a significant lesion on a patients tongue. These omissions did not cause or contribute to the patients death however the PCC found that they were serious omissions which impacted on and breached the duty of the profession to protect patients from harm.

The committee imposed conditions upon your practise for a period of twelve months. Those conditions required you to attend continuing professional development courses relating to recognition and management of oral mucosa disorders and to maintain a reflective log concerning the presentation and management of a selection of patients with oral mucosal disorders.
Today the committee has heard submissions relating to the findings of the original hearings of this case. The committee has also heard from Mr Horne on your behalf as well as receiving the benefit of several live testimonial witnesses who were able to give evidence in relation to your character and clinical capabilities. The committee has also heard and accepted the advice of a legal advisor.
The committee has looked carefully at the log created by you in respect of your patients with oral mucosal disorders. It was impressed to note that you included all of your patients that fell into this category rather than just limiting to yourself to a selection as requested. The committee was also impressed to note that you fulfilled a greater number of hours than were requested of you.
The committee was impressed by your oral evidence. Your continued insight into your shortcomings you demonstrated in October 2006 and the regret at your oversights were very apparent. The committee is assured that you have taken all the steps you can in order to ensure that such a situation will not arise again.
The committee noted the positive testimonials and references put before it. The evidence about you by your live witnesses was of considerable weight .Two of your witnesses had detailed professional knowledge of your work and both spoke well of you and of the high standards you aspire to. A third witness is your dental nurse and she considers you to be the best dentist she has worked with. The confidence that all the witnesses have in your ability as a practitioner and your strength of character as a person is also of great assurance to the committee.
You have demonstrated through the documentation presented, your own evidence and the evidence of your witnesses that you are competent hard working fractioned who has learnt from past mistakes. The committee is in no doubt that you doing not pose a risk to patients nor does it see that there is any public interest in continuing to affect your registration in any way. The committee has therefore decided to revoke the conditions on your registration with immediate effect.