Since the news broke out about the Daybrook dental scandal, we’ve been taking on significant volumes of cases for people who want justice for being exposed to serious infections like HIV and Hepatitis. We firmly believe that we’re now representing far more patients than any other law firm, and we’re way ahead when it comes to progress.

From what we have seen and what we have been informed, a lot of firms advertising out there are either not law firms, and simply claims management companies who farm cases to lawyers; or firms who don’t really know what to do and are shying away from committing themselves to the fight.
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We always knew that it was set to be a significant task tracking down all of the former patients of disgraced Nottinghamshire dentist Mr Desmond D’Mello. We’re aware that records were apparently being kept in toilets with dentistry equipment, and there are real concerns over the scale of the task in tracking down former patients as part of the recall.

Media sources report that the recall is now widening in efforts to track down the 22,000 patients that may have been affected.
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I’ll start by just saying that this is all speculation based on what we can see about Desmond D’Mello’s activities since he has been suspended by the General Dental Council. What we can see is evidence of a swift appointment as the director of a new company within weeks of his ownership of the Daybrook Dental Surgery coming to an end.

So we ask the question – did D’Mello have a backup plan all along? Does this add more insult to the hurt he has caused the former patients we are now acting for?
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We have of course seen the report commissioned by the Care Quality Commission which triggered the striking off of Desmond D’Mello for ignoring important infection control procedures. Here’s an insight in to the report and what it tells us about the mindset of the man the media are calling the ‘Dirty Dentist.’
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Hundreds of the former patients of Mr D’Mello who our specialist Daybrook Dental Negligence Team are now fighting for have had their say as former patients of the man the media have labelled the ‘Dirty Dentist’ – and the stuff we hear is nearly always the same.

One recurring statement from those we now act for is that dental equipment and instruments were often laid out in ready for their appointments; something we now know was down to failing to sterilise instruments properly, or at all.
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The original figure for the recall was 22,000 patients of the former Daybrook Dental Surgery Practice who were under the care of disgraced Nottinghamshire dentist Mr Desmond D’Mello. We’re told that thousands of them have reached out for help using the dedicated advice line, and we’re advised that thousands have been to the Arnold Health Centre for testing and help as well.

Our claims helpline has been extremely busy over the last few weeks since we initiated our campaign to fight for justice for those affected by the scandal as former patients of D’Mello.
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The activities of Desmond D’Mello, who was operating from the Daybrook Dental Surgery in Nottinghamshire, were secretly filmed by a whistleblower as evidence that he was ignoring important infection control procedures.

Hundreds were filmed, and the damning footage caught D’Mello red handed as he reused gloves, failed to wash his hands, and even used unsterlised equipment.

For some who were filmed, the concern has been even greater for them.
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We’re a firm of specialist personal injury lawyers with decades of experience in fighting for the rights of anyone who has suffered as a victim of negligence.

We’re a real law firm – which means we’re not one of these claims management companies, accident advice services, agencies, or partnerships that involve themselves in just passing claims round to a law firm that isn’t of your choosing.

So our Daybrook Dental Team that is leading the way in the litigation against Desmond D’Mello has some useful advice for you. Read on for more!
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We’ve blogged a fair bit about the effect that the Daybrook scandal has had on former patients who are now claiming with The Injury Lawyers specialist Daybrook Dental Team. Hundreds of our clients have had their say, and they have given us a valuable insight in to what it was like as a patient of the media dubbed ‘Dirty Dentist’ and we’re hearing the same things time and time again.

One thing that is profoundly evident though is just how well liked he was in the local community.
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We now know that Mr D’Mello had been stopped from practicing whilst investigations commenced in to evidence that was brought to light from a whistleblower indicating extreme and serious breaches of NHS infection control procedures. It seems that, perhaps for years now, D’Mello had been putting his patients lives and wellbeing at risk through reusing gloves, not washing his hands, and using unsterlised equipment.

Of the hundreds of clients we act for that have had their say about their experiences, we’ve heard from many who happened to have appointments in the June to October period, and we have been given an insight in to what people were told.
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