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We considered an allegation that on 20 March 2023, the registrant was convicted of three offences in relation to a road traffic accident which took place on 30 August 2022, namely failing to give his name and address after an accident contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.170(4), driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road/in a public place without due care and attention contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.3, and failing to report an accident contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.170(4). It was also alleged that the registrant’s conduct in failing to give his name and address and/or failing to report the accident was misleading and dishonest. We were satisfied that there was a real prospect of the factual allegations being found proved and that there was a real prospect of the statutory grounds being established by a Practice Committee. However, we also determined that due to the nature of the conviction, and the low likelihood of repetition of the conduct, there was no real prospect of the registrant’s fitness to practise being found to be currently impaired by reason of conviction or misconduct. We reminded ourselves that the registrant has been dealt with by the criminal justice system, and that it is not the Case Examiners’ role, nor the purpose of the fitness to practise process, to punish the registrant for a second time. However, we considered that to close the case without action would fail to take into account the need to promote and maintain public confidence in the dental professions and to promote and maintain proper professional standards and conduct for members of those professions. We consider that the conduct in question was unacceptable, demonstrating a lack of judgment. We have taken into account our Indicative Outcomes Guidance (February 2018) and consider that a warning in this case is necessary. Furthermore, we 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 conduct. The registrant is reminded that this warning will form part of his fitness to practise history and he may be required to disclose it even after the period for publication has expired. We formally warn the Registrant that: • the commission of a criminal offence is unacceptable conduct for a registrant 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’.