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According to a story in the Guardian one in five Italian dentists does not have proper qualifications to practice dentistry. More than a thousand people were charged in Italy last year with unauthorized exercise of a medical profession (including physicians, dentists, and nurses). The problem in the system is that those that are found lacking qualifications are only have to pay a €516 fine and are free to continue practicing.

The president of the Italian dentists association, Giuseppe Renzo, estimated that 15,000 of Italy’s 71,000 dentists lacked proper qualifications. “Seventy percent are dental technicians who practice as dentists. Of late, false degrees have been on the rise. They go and get them in countries like Romania which have recently entered the EU,” he said. Others got their names put on degrees from South American universities. “Then they ask for the recognition of their qualifications in Spain, which has bilateral agreements with those countries, and automatically they can practice in Italy.”

Thankfully here in the U.S. the consequence are higher for those that try to practice dentistry without a license.