An Aberdeen dentist whose patient was left with a lisp after poor dental surgery has not been struck off and will continue to practice at his clinic; George Glover, who provides dental services out of Fergus and Glover, in Union Street, was found guilty of misconduct at a General Medical Council in Edinburgh but it was decided that his fitness to practice was not impaired.
According to the hearing, Mr Glover was found to have ‘performed inadequately’ when placing implants for the patient – known as Patient A – and a soft tissue graft that was applied later on was also found to be inappropriate. After two years of treatment, Mr Glover did not achieve a satisfactory aesthetic result and the hearing decided that he had failed to provide sufficient information regarding the risks and possible complications associated with this type of dental surgery.
Despite the ‘serious deficiencies’, it was deemed that Mr Glover had ‘worked hard’ to try and improve the patients conditions and it was considered ‘highly unlikely’ that a similar situation would develop with another patient. Findings released by the panel stated that Mr Glover had since made a conscientious effort to improve his care and the GDC was ‘impressed by the extensive remediation’ he had undertaken since the incident with Patient A. They added ‘You have expressed genuine regret and remorse for the effect of your failings. The committee considered that your evidence showed considerable insight into your deficiencies, and you have taken specific action to address each of the failures involves and remedy them.’