William Gamba

Introduction

William Gamba is a dentist formerly registered with the General Dental Council (registration number 67082) who was erased from the register — struck off — in August 2026 after a substantive hearing of the Dental Professionals Hearings Service. The case combined two strands: serious clinical care and record-keeping failings in his treatment of 15 patients between 2020 and 2024, and conduct after those allegations were already under investigation — he treated 93 patients while subject to an interim suspension, and he failed to cooperate with the regulator’s requests for information.

The hearing ran from 27 July to 7 August 2026, with the decision dated 7 August 2026. The committee found current impairment of his fitness to practise on both public-protection and public-interest grounds, noting there was no evidence of any remediation or insight, and it directed that his name be erased from the register. Because erasure takes effect only after the appeal period, the committee also revoked the interim suspension and replaced it with an immediate suspension covering that period and any appeal.

Background Information

The corpus material records Gamba as a dentist on the GDC register, number 67082, subject to a substantive hearing before the Dental Professionals Hearings Service, which decides fitness-to-practise cases for the General Dental Council. Beyond that regulatory record, the determination does not describe his training, employment history or practice location, and this page does not speculate about them. What the record does establish is that by the time of the hearing he had accumulated no previous fitness to practise history — the single mitigating factor the committee identified.

The allegations, however, spanned years of clinical work: care and records for 15 named patients treated between 2020 and 2024, an investigation that led to an interim order of suspension on his registration in May 2024, and a separate charge covering his conduct during that suspension and his dealings with the GDC afterwards. The clinical charges were amended during the hearing as it progressed.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. The findings in this case are regulatory findings made on the balance of probabilities by a GDC committee — not criminal convictions. One allegation (recording no examination findings) was not proved, and one local-anaesthetic record allegation was withdrawn; no dishonesty was alleged in relation to practising while suspended.

The allegations fell into three groups. First, the clinical care and records for 15 patients between 2020 and 2024. The committee found numerous failings proved, including inadequate medical histories and inadequate radiography, root canal treatment carried out without a rubber dam, and the prescription of antibiotics without justification. Most seriously, it found Gamba had provided an inappropriate filling that caused actual harm to one patient — identified in the determination as patient 6.

Not every allegation succeeded. The panel found one allegation — that he had recorded no examination findings — not proved, because some findings had in fact been recorded, and one allegation concerning a local-anaesthetic record was withdrawn. In all other respects across the three areas, the committee found the facts proved and amounting to misconduct. Because misconduct was found in each of the three areas, the alternative ground of deficient professional performance fell away.

The second group concerned the interim suspension. Gamba’s registration had been made subject to an interim order of suspension, yet between 16 and 24 May 2024 — a period of 8 days — he provided dental services throughout, treating 93 patients while suspended and putting patients at risk. The committee found this proved as misconduct.

The third group concerned non-cooperation: between November 2024 and January 2025 Gamba failed to respond to requests for information from the GDC during its investigation. The committee found this proved as well. The regulator noted that no dishonesty was alleged in relation to his practising while suspended.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The committee concluded that Gamba’s fitness to practise was currently impaired, on both public-protection and public-interest grounds. In aggravation, it found a serious risk of harm to the patients he treated and actual harm caused to patient 6 by the inappropriate filling; it noted the misconduct was sustained and repeated, with clinical failures of a similar nature across the 15 patients over a significant period, and that the breach of the interim suspension was not an isolated incident but a breach taking place over several days in which he saw 93 patients. It further found a blatant disregard of the role of the GDC and the systems regulating the professions, and a lack of insight on Gamba’s part, with no evidence of any remediation or reflections on his conduct.

The only mitigating factor the committee identified was that Gamba had no previous fitness to practise history. Weighing the findings, it concluded that erasure was the proportionate sanction and directed that his name be erased from the register.

Current Status

Gamba is erased from the GDC register — struck off — which removes him from the register of dentists legally entitled to practise in the UK. The erasure is effective 28 days after deemed service unless appealed. The committee revoked the interim suspension and imposed an immediate suspension covering the appeal period and any appeal, so that he cannot practise in the interim pending the erasure taking effect.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The erasure ends Gamba’s ability to practise dentistry in the UK, closing a career that had until 2026 been unblemished by any prior regulatory finding. The determination records no insight or remediation on his part, and his breach of the interim order — seeing 93 patients in 8 days while suspended — and his failure to engage with the GDC’s investigation were treated as demonstrating a disregard for the regulatory system itself. Unless he successfully appeals, the direction is final; erasure from the register means he may no longer work as a dentist in the UK.

Sources

• MedicWatch, “GDC orders William Gamba’s erasure over clinical failings and practising while suspended,” 7 August 2026. source