Botox and fillers have been restricted by dentists.

The recent ruling by a regional disciplinary board in Amsterdam states that a dentist is not authorized to give injections that only serve a cosmetic purpose. Practitioners must be both competent and competent, so in addition to a BIG registration, a doctor must act within his area of expertise. Concretely: dentists are not authorized to inject lips and wrinkles with botox or fillers if it is not dentistry. '

There is great concern about the proliferation of doctors and dentists who wrongly do facial cosmetic treatments. It is important that the Disciplinary Board has finally made it clear that dentists are not allowed to do these cosmetic treatments.

Article in the Volkskrant: Botox by the doctor or dentist. Is that really a good idea? Note The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is preparing an amendment to the BIG Act. One change means that (be) treatments with a cosmetic purpose will also fall under the BIG Act. The law will specify which professionals will be independently authorized to give injections of botox or fillers. At the moment, it is not clear whether dentists will be licensed independently. Apart from the jurisdiction, dentists will also have to meet the requirement of competence. The competency requirements will be further developed in the Cosmetic Medicine Quality Framework. The Quality Framework is being developed under the direction of Zorginstituut Nederland. The KNMT will change its position if necessary under new laws and regulations. '5.25. With regard to the measure to be imposed, the Board considers that although the defendant has now removed the title “cosmetic doctor” from her clinic's website, she still presents herself as a “medical trainer”. In doing so, she still does not make it sufficiently clear that she is not a doctor but a dentist. The defendant also seems not to be sufficiently aware of the medical professional standard that she should have followed with regard to treating the complainant, especially with regard to aftercare for the complainant and with regard to the organization of her clinic. Given the seriousness of the complaint, the imposition of a reportable measure is appropriate for this purpose.