Image: Photo 40883403 © Kritsakorn Kittiwattanawong | Dreamstime.com, used with permission / A dental clinic is pictured in this stock file photo. The provincial regulatory body that registers and oversees more than 16,000 oral health practitioners across the province has suspended the owner and operator of a dental facility in Abbotsford for 12 months due to professional misconduct. According to a disciplinary finding posted on the website of the BC College of Oral Health Professionals, Dr. Kyle I.T. Nawrot has been suspended for 12 months following an investigation into two patient complaints received by the college in 2021. 

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Abbotsford dentist suspended

Abbotsford dentist suspended for 12 months

Oct 3, 2023 | 1:13 PM

ABBOTSFORD — The provincial regulatory body that registers and oversees more than 16,000 oral health practitioners across the province has suspended the owner and operator of a dental facility in Abbotsford for 12 months due to professional misconduct.

According to a disciplinary finding posted on the BC College of Oral Health Professionals, Dr. Kyle I.T. Nawrot has been suspended for 12 months following an investigation into two patient complaints received by the college in 2021. An inquiry committee that oversees investigations ordered that two citations be issued against Dr. Nawrot. A discipline hearing for both citations had been scheduled for September – October 2023, but was cancelled when Dr. Nawrot made admissions and made a proposal to resolve the citations under s.37.1 of the Health Professions Act.

Dr. Nawrot was the subject of an earlier consent order dated February 4, 2020, which is still in force. Under the 2020 consent order, he was suspended for nine months (February 4 through November 3, 2020) and required to undergo extensive remedial education. Dr. Nawrot is currently in breach of the 2020 consent order.

The college indicated in its disciplinary ruling that Dr. Nawrot has admitted that he committed the following acts of professional misconduct:

• Failed to respond to communications from the College in a timely manner.
• Provided treatment that fell below the College’s expected standards by (1) providing extensive restorative treatment in a single session rather than over multiple sessions and (2) performing restorative treatments that were not supported by the records and by removing tooth structure that was excessive in several teeth.
• Billed for treatment when the need for the treatment was not supported by records.
• Provided treatment without having sufficiently obtained or documented valid informed consent.
• Failed to maintain adequate patient records.
• Breached the 2020 consent order by failing to complete the ethics-based PROBE Plus course.

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As a result of the findings, Dr. Nawrot has been formally reprimanded and suspended from practice from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, during which time he cannot earn money from the profession or be involved in any aspect of patient care. He may be involved in administrative and financial aspects of any dental practice he owns.

In conjunction with the resolution, Dr. Nawrot must prominently post signage at his most recent location of practice to inform patients that he is suspended from practice, pay a fine of $6,000 and pay $4,000 to BCCOHP towards the costs of the investigation. Before returning to his practice, Dr. Nawrot must complete BCCOHP’s “Avoiding Complaints” course and the Probe Plus course, or another program, approved by the College. He must also ensure his staff completes a training session on managing and extracting clinical records from his dental records vendor.

According to Google reviews, Dr. Nawrot appears to be associated with a dental clinic at Sevenoaks Mall in Abbotsford.