Unlicensed Dentist Treats Patients in Sofia

An unlicensed dentist treats patients in Sofia in shocking hygiene conditions, shows an investigation of the breakfast show of the national channel Nova TV. 

Doctor Taysir El Djamal Mohammad claims he was a dental surgeon and gynecologist in his home country. Now he has set up shop in downtown Sofia. 

A Nova TV viewer contacted the channel and told on camera how he was using the same instruments on several patients and was apparently living on the same premises. 

A Nova TV journalist with a hidden camera went to the dentist, posing as a  patient and confirmed the viewer's claims. Doctor Djamal used the same instruments on at least two patients. 

The only sterilizing equipment present was a an old dry sterilizer.

According to Bulgarian health regulations, quoted by the chairman of the Bulgarian Dental Association Doctor Zdravko Milanov, dental equipment must be sterilized in an autoclave on the premises. “Dry sterilizers are not used in dental medicine practices in Bulgaria,” he said.

Dental medicine must be practiced only by registered dental doctors, he added.

“I am shocked by this footage,” Milanov said. “This is unbelievable.”

When confronted by the TV crew on the following day, Djamal said he was not practicing dental medicine since last year and was using the office only for consultations. He confirmed he had a dental chair and some instruments, which he sterilized “somewhere else, occasionally.” He said he was not registered with the Dental Association, but was going to, “sometime soon”.

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