Question No. 2
Reply by Dr. the Hon. Rudy Khoo, J.P., Ag. Director of Medical & Health Services, to Question by Dr. the Hon. Henrietta Ip in Legislative Council on 7.8.85
Question:
Could Government inform this Council whether there has been a decrease in the number of unregistered dentists in Hong Kong in view of the graduation of dental students from Hong Kong University?
Sir,
We have no record of the number of persons practising
dentistry illegally, because as with other instances of illegal and
unlicensed practices, it will not be possible to obtain reliable or
meaningful statistics.
The first batch of 59 dental students from the University of
Hong Kong graduated only in February this year. It is therefore too
premature to assess their impact on the supply of dentists in Hong
Kong at this point in time.
Perhaps as an indirect indication of the effect of the
improving supply of qualified dentists on the Register of the Hong Kong
Dental Council, there has been a decline in the number of complaints
of illegal dental practices from 80 in 1979 to 37 in 1984.
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