The Department of Health (DH) clarified today that no currently serving full-time government Dental Officers are engaged in outside work at private dental clinics, urging the public not to trust false information online.

The department recently received a complaint regarding several government Dental Officers working at a private dental clinic.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a private dental online platform listed a dental clinic located in Mong Kok, where there are over 340 practicing dentists, including information on more than 200 serving full-time government Dental Officers.

The DH stressed that all the practice information of the listed government officers on the online platform is entirely false and misrepresented. The department has reported the incident to the Police.

The DH also appealed to members of the public to verify the names, professional qualifications and practice addresses of registered dentists through the List of Registered Dentists published by the Dental Council of Hong Kong.