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The Case Examiners considered an allegation that the Registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired by reason of conviction. On 9 January 2025 the Registrant wrote to the General Dental Council (GDC) to report that he had been convicted of a speeding offence, and due to the “totting up” procedure, he had been disqualified from driving for six months. The GDC subsequently obtained a Court Extract, or Memorandum of an entry entered in the Register of the Cheshire Magistrates' Court (Chester Magistrates Court) dated 6 January 2025 which confirms this conviction. The Registrar raised the allegation that the Registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired by reason of conviction. The Case Examiners determined that there was a real prospect of the factual allegation being found proved, and a real prospect that the statutory ground of conviction would be established by a Practice Committee. The Case Examiners also considered that there is evidence to suggest that the Registrant has contravened the GDC Guidance, ‘Standards for the Dental Team’ (September 2013), namely, Standard 9.1 ‘you must ensure that your conduct, both at work and in your personal life, justifies patients’ trust in you and the public’s trust in the dental profession’. The Case Examiners further determined that, due to the nature of the conviction and the low likelihood of repetition of the Registrant’s actions, there was no real prospect of the Registrant’s current fitness to practise being found to be impaired by a Practice Committee. The Case Examiners have reminded themselves that the Registrant has been dealt with by the criminal justice system, and that it is not the Case Examiners’ role, or the purpose of the fitness to practise process, to punish the Registrant for a second time. However, to close the case without action would fail to take into account the need to declare and uphold proper standards of conduct, and the need to maintain public confidence in the dental professions. The Case Examiners have also taken into account the GDC’s ‘Case Examiner Indicative Outcomes Guidance’ (February 2018) and consider that, in this case, a warning is necessary to declare and uphold proper standards of behaviour and conduct, as well as to mark the serious impact which illegal behaviour can have on public confidence in the dental professions. Furthermore, the Case Examiners consider that publication of the warning for a period of 12 months is appropriate and proportionate in the circumstances and will ensure that a message is sent to the Registrant and to the wider profession regarding the importance of maintaining appropriate standards of behaviour. The Registrant is reminded that this warning will form part of his fitness to practise history, even after it is no longer published, and that it may need to be disclosed as required. The Case Examiners formally warn the Registrant that: • The commission of a criminal offence is unacceptable conduct for a Registrant, can have an adverse effect on the wider public interest, and should not be repeated. Any further criminal convictions will be viewed seriously and will likely call into question his fitness to practise. • He should, as required by the General Dental Council’s Standards for the Dental Team (September 2013) publication, maintain appropriate standards of behaviour in his personal life, as detailed in Standard 9.1 ‘You must ensure that your conduct, both at work and in your personal life, justifies patients’ trust in you and the public’s trust in the dental profession’.