Part I The General Dental Council

2DF1Complaints

1

The Council may incur expenditure for the purposes of investigating and resolving dental complaints.

2

In this section “dental complaints” means complaints made by users of the services of registered dentists or the services of registered dental care professionals about—

a

the dental services provided by a registered dentist, a registered dental care professional or a body corporate carrying on the business of dentistry; or

b

the goods or materials provided to persons, or the facilities provided for persons, using those dental services.

3

The Council may also incur expenditure for the purposes of assisting the parties to the dental complaint in reaching a satisfactory resolution of that complaint.