Dentist who failed to carry out biopsy of lesion censured

Dr Joseph Clifford Beirne admitted professional misconduct over failure to carry out a biopsy of a lesion in the floor of a patient's mouth. Picture: File image

A dentist who admitted professional misconduct over failure to carry out a biopsy of a lesion in the floor of a patient's mouth has had conditions imposed on his registration by the High Court.

The patient was referred by his regular dentist in late 2015 to Dr Joseph Clifford Beirne, of Unit 12, Sports Surgery Clinic, Northwood Park, Santry, Dublin 9, with a request a biopsy be carried out on a lesion in his lower mouth but that was not done.