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Joe Ingham is an experienced dentist and a dento-legal adviser with Dental Protection. He is responsible for supporting dental hygienist and dental therapist members in the UK. Joe is also a tutor at the School of Hygiene and Therapy at The Eastman.

Below is a collection of Joe’s advice that includes items previously published in the dental press. If you can’t find the answer to a particular question, please email us at [email protected]

  • Q
    I am a Dental Protection member in my own right working for a dentist who also has membership with Dental Protection. If a claim is made against us both, surely your first priority would be to look after the dentist and not me?
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    29 August 2014

    Not at all - if there is a conflict of interest, we simply arrange for separate representation for each member. This gives all parties access to their own dento-legal adviser and, where necessary, separate firms of solicitors and separate barristers. In one complex case a few years ago we had 11 members involved, each of whom had entirely separate representation. Each of the members concerned was satisfied that their interests were never compromised at any stage.