20 May 2015
WONG KIN KWOK MICHAEL v. THE DENTAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- WONG KIN KWOK MICHAEL v. THE DENTAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV183/2014
The Council was entitled to find the appellant guilty of unprofessional conduct because he failed to perform adequate clinical and radiographic examination or provide palliative treatment when the patient complained of prolonged pain, and failed to offer prompt follow‑up after the patient was informed by another dentist of retained fragments; the absence of contemporaneous written entries, the long delay to the next appointment and the patient’s reaction supported the finding, and the appellate court must defer to the disciplinary committee’s professional judgment absent a plainly wrong concl…