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Hundreds of the clients we are acting for have given us useful insights in to what it was like to be a patient of disgraced Nottinghamshire dentist Mr Desmond D’Mello. Some of the things we have heard are unbelievable – we’ve been regularly blogging about it all, and we’ll continue to do so.

But a big question that remains unanswered is this: what else have former patients of the ‘dirty dentist’ been exposed to?
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We’re writing a lot about our clients experiences as former patients of the ‘dirty dentist’ at the heart of the Daybrook Dental Surgery scandal. D’Mello has potentially exposed 22,000 people to serious blood-borne infections through ignoring important NHS infection control procedures.

The news of the fall of a man who has been described as a ‘pillar of the community’ has hit many people really hard – hundreds of our clients who were former patients have expressed their upset about what has happened.
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Hundreds of the former patients of Nottinghamshire dentist Mr Desmond D’Mello who are now claiming with our leading Daybrook Dental Negligence Team have had their say on their experiences with him.

Film footage from a whistle blower showed evidence that he was ignoring important infection control procedures which has led to a 22,000 patient recall of a scale and nature that has never been seen in the UK before.
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Hundreds of former patients of Mr Desmond D’Mello, who are now clients of ours, have had their say on their experiences with the media dubbed ‘Dirty Dentist’. D’Mello was secretly filmed by a whistle blower ignoring important infection control protocols, such as failing to wash his hands and change gloves between patients, as well as using unsterlised equipment.

The result is that many of his former patients are now seeking compensation and claiming with confidence with our specialist Daybrook Dental Negligence Team. We’ve blogged a lot about what our clients have had to say about D’Mello so far, but the trend when it comes to his gloves is a reoccurring trend.
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For those of you unsure as to what you can actually claim for as a former patient of the media dubbed ‘Dirty Dentist’ Mr Desmond D’Mello, read on for advice straight from our specialist Daybrook Dental Negligence Team.

These are not just any straightforward dental negligence claims – claiming for psychological injuries is a very niche and specialist area of law. You need to understand where you need to go for the best advice.
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It can be a real tough decision when it comes to who you speak to about legal advice if you are the victim of negligence and you want justice for what has happened. There are loads of law firms out there who all claim to be specialists and all claim to be the right people for you.

So here’s a little blog from our Daybrook Dental Negligence Team on why we are the experts to call for victims of the Daybrook Dental Practice scandal.
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This isn’t the first time that dentists have come under fire for failing to follow NHS infection control procedures. In the case of Desmond D’Mello we’re facing a significant failure to adhere to even the most basic of things – but in the last few years there have been failures identified across the country when it comes to hygiene at dental surgeries.

So we want to know whether this is a problem far wider than the 22,000 former patients of D’Mello who are being recalled for testing.
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We’re acting for many former patients of Mr Desmond D’Mello who has been labelled the ‘Dirty Dentist’ by media sources after a whistle blower secretly filmed him ignoring important infection control procedures on patients.

We are now in the midst of a recall of a scale and nature that has never been seen before – 22,000 former patients are being asked or testing to see if they have been the victim of serious infections like HIV and Hepatitis.

But as we take on more and more cases on a daily basis, we’re getting reports of potentially related problems.
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Have you seen our advert in the local newspaper about the help and advice we are offering former patients of Nottinghamshire dentist Mr Desmond D’Mello?

We’re already representing large numbers of former patients who are seeking advice and justice since finding out that they have been potentially exposed to a serious infection like HIV or Hepatitis B/C. This has all come about since a whistle bower secretly filmed D’Mello ignoring important infection control procedures, resulting in 22,000 former patients being recalled for testing.
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When the news first broke out about Nottinghamshire based dentist Desmond D’Mello and the infection control procedures he’d been ignoring, we were aware from the very start that the local community where in shock given how well liked he was.

But now we’re representing a huge number of former patients for legal action, we’re learning more and more about the heartbreak that has been caused in the wake of the news he has potentially exposed 22,000 people to HIV and Hepatitis B and C.
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