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Oral health therapist suspended for work legally beyond job scope
He carried out orthodontic procedure that can only be done by a qualified dentist
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Mr Muhammad Hafiz Ruslan had helped to fit braces on a boy on the instructions of his employer.
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An oral health therapist has been suspended for three months for helping to fit braces on a boy, an orthodontic procedure that can only be carried out by a qualified dentist.
He had done so on the instructions of his employer.
