Three patients of controversial dentist Stuart Mol

Three patients of controversial dentist Stuart Molloy were denied copies of their own records, it emerged today (WEDS).

The trio, who were allegedly advised to undergo costly surgery which was not needed, asked for hard copies of their files to be handed over.

But they were never given the records – and computer-literate Molloy today told a disciplinary hearing: ‘They cannot be printed out.

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The bizarre claim was made by the Lincolnshire practitioner on the third day of a General Dental Council hearing.

It is alleged Molloy, 36, carried out a string of ops on patients at his Old Dispensary surgery in Horncastle, Lincs, which were not necessary.

The committee has heard shocking claims that he filed one man’s top teeth down to stumps, told another patient that dental work could cure her symptoms of undiagnosed bowel cancer, and broke the facial bones of a 72-year-old woman.

Molloy started to give evidence today, telling the hearing how he was educated and raised in France, and gained his professional qualifications at the University of Paris.

Bilingual Molloy said he ran a private practice in France until the start of this year – as well as his Lincs surgery – and would travel back to his family in Britain at weekends.

But the hearing was abruptly halted when it emerged that print-outs of patient notes he wanted to refer to were not available.

Joanna Glynn, for the GDC, said: ‘One of the worrying aspects during this inquiry was that three patients asked for copies of their notes but did not receive them.

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Asked why this was, Molloy’s counsel Dr Simon Taylor claimed the details could be printed but not the running narrative of treatment which the dentist would dictate to an assistant at the end of each day.

But after discussing the problem, the committee decided that copies could be made, and have now adjourned the hearing for the work to be carried out.

Molloy, of Little Cawthorpe, Lincs, denies 11 charges of serious professional misconduct between 1997 and 1998.

The hearing will continue later today.

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