Dentitas Privados (Ingles)

sPrivate dentists 'putting patients at risk'
19th Jan 2012
Private dentists have been accused in Parliament of putting patients at risk with unnecessary operations.
Labour MP for Rhondda ChrisBryant said many private providers were encouraging patients to
LA SECRETARIA DE TRABAJO RHONDA CHRIS BRYANT DIJO QUE MUCHOS ODONTOLOGOS PRIVADOS ESTUVIERON ALENTANDO PACIENTES A TENER
haveprocedures they 'certainly do not need' and urged(EXIGIERON) government to include dentists in any investigations into private sector cosmetic surgery.
'Will the Secretary of State add laser surgery clinicsto his list, and also private dentists, many of which are encouraging patients to undergo operations they certainly do not need?'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has asked the medical director of theNHS, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, to convene an expert group to look at the future regulation of the cosmetic service industry following the breast implant scandal where implants were filled withnon-medical grade
silicone intended for use in mattresses.
Mr Lansley said: 'I think their ability to meet their liabilities towards their patients should be one of the issues we look at.'
And Mr Bryantsaid dentists must not escape scrutiny.
Speaking in a debate on the breast implants, Mr Bryant said: 'May I suggest to the Secretary of State that the problems in the cosmetic intervention industrymay be far more extensive than we have known thus far? A few years ago, I had my eyes lasered. I visited five clinics, four
of which seemed to be trying to sell me an intervention rather than tryingto do anything that would be in my general health interest. Will the Secretary of State add laser surgery clinics to his list, and also private dentists, many of which are encouraging patients toundergo operations
that they certainly do not need?"
Mr Lansley replied: "I will reserve my position on dentistry, because there is a very wide range and cosmetic intervention constitutes a substantial...