A dentist who put patients at risk by failing to provide proper treatment has been struck off.
Brian Cleary failed to diagnose problems, kept poor patient records and did not investigate complaints by taking X-rays despite being told by people they were in agony.
He also failed to properly stock emergency drugs in his practice and kept poor records on administering antibiotics.
It was discovered one patient was wrongly given five new crowns in just over a year without discussing it or giving consent - a decision later labelled as 'sacrilegious' after Cleary removed healthy tooth material to fit them.
After complaints were raised about poor standards, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) launched a probe and Cleary, who qualified in 1982 from the University of Glasgow, agreed not to treat patients.
But when an NHS inspector arrived at the Westend Dental Practice in the West End of Glasgow, he discovered a man in the waiting room.
Cleary claimed he was a friend, but after the man was questioned it was revealed he had been booked in for treatment.
Cleary was hauled before the General Dental Council (GDC) and blasted for a 'blatant and wilful disregard' to patient safety.
It was ruled he breached strict safety protocols between January 2013 and August 2018 as well as trying to deceive NHSGGC.
Cleary, who since retired, did not take any part in the disciplinary proceedings against him and was not represented by a lawyer.
In a written ruling, the GDC said: "The misconduct that the committee has identified arises out of serious and sustained departures from professional standards which have caused actual harm and which have otherwise placed patients at an unwarranted risk of harm.
"Patients and the wider public would be at considerable risk of harm were Mr Cleary to be permitted to return to practise.
"Mr Cleary's dishonest conduct relates to an abuse of trust, and is of a particularly serious nature, given that it involves his giving of false representations to a local health board, namely NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
"The committee finds that Mr Cleary's dishonest conduct suggests a harmful and deep-seated professional attitudinal deficiency.
"Mr Cleary has also demonstrated a persistent lack of insight into his conduct.
"The committee finds that any lesser sanction than erasure would be insufficient to declare and uphold proper professional standards and maintain public trust in confidence in the profession and in the regulatory process."
