Unauthorised dental services offered by fake dentists – or those who feel that watching a couple of YouTube videos makes them an expert at dental work – have caused much heartache (and toothaches) to those who have sought their treatment.
The issue of fake dentists has been around for many years. The Ministry of Health has received a growing number of reports of fake dentists made by disgruntled customers—from 54 in 2017 to 130 in 2019! Prof Seow Liang Lin, Dean, School of Dentistry, International Medical University, talks to us about bogus dentists.
Learn more about this at Why Your Beautician Is Not & Should Not Be Your Dentist (Health Today, 6 March 2023).
