A dentist in Birmingham has been struck off the medical register after fitting dental veneers on children in order to make money.
Stuart Elliot Johnstone was found guilty of dishonestly carrying out treatment on young people between April 2005 and June 2007, Dentistry.co.uk reports.
The General Dental Council (GDC) heard that Mr Johnstone had carried out the cosmetic dentistry on 11 patients for financial gain, with one aged eight years old.
In some cases patients were given dental veneers despite decaying teeth, the court heard, with one woman's life being put at risk due to the development of an infection.
The GDC said [to the dentist]: "You were in a position of trust towards your patients and the public. You abused that trust.
"For all these reasons, the committee places this case high in the scale of dishonesty."
Dental veneers are a popular type of cosmetic dental treatment, during which a trained practitioner fits laminates to the front of existing teeth to improve a person's smile. 