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MAGDEBURG, Germany: On Monday, an East German court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a dentist. The man lost his licence to practise dentistry after he had extracted 20 teeth from a patient’s mouth without obtaining consent from the aggrieved party. The court argued that the dentist’s behaviour was not in accordance with the ethics of the medical profession.
The dentist subsequently brought an action against the state office of administration in Saxony-Anhalt, which had sentenced him to eight months’ probation for battery. The dentist had pulled the teeth under general anaesthetic in the absence of pathological findings. In addition, a fine was imposed for a drug offence. As a result, the state office revoked the man’s license.
Shortly afterwards, he took legal action against the decision by the administrative court in Magdeburg. However, the attempt was unsuccessful. The court stated that the dentist intentionally neglected the patient’s wishes, which has the highest priority in medicine. Ignoring it is a conduct unworthy of a dentist.
The judgment has not been finalised yet.
