Teeth-whitening: Reports of illegal procedures up 26%
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One beauty school claimed to have provided"thousands" of candidates with illegitimate qualifications, an undercover investigation found. Dr Ben Atkins, president of the Oral Health Foundation, said:"When things go wrong in dentistry, they can really go wrong."It would be catastrophic for the patient and the person who's been trained and told it's legal to do it."Untrained beauticians using teeth-whitening kits can cause tooth loss, burns and blister
Two undercover BBC researchers attended a course with the London School of Nails and Beauty that lasted five hours. A spokesperson for the General Dental Council said:"Handing an individual a tooth whitening tray and advising them on application, amongst other things, could constitute the giving of 'advice or attendance' and in those circumstances would be a criminal offence."
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