Hudgell Solicitors is supporting a number of patients treated by a dentist who fraudulently worked in Cottingham for more than a year under a false name and without being registered with the General Dental Council (GDC).
Ronnie Barogiannis – a dentist with a chequered history which included a major health scare at a practice he ran in Scotland – has admitted using false documentation to gain employment at the Smiles Hallgate House Dental Practice in Cottingham (now run by Oasis Dental Care) between August 2013 and October 2014.
As a result of his actions, he has now admitted a criminal charge of fraud by false representation, and five charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, which the GDC says relates to patients who were left with permanent damage to their teeth.
He is to be sentenced in court later this month.
Mr Barogiannis had previously been owner of the Bridge of Don Dental Clinic and Research Centre in Aberdeen, a practice which was the subject of a police probe in 2012, after an NHS inspection highlighted that poor hygiene measures did not meet national standards.
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