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Tribunal bans Pilbara dentist Ananda Krishnan from practising after giving boy excessive sedation

A tribunal has banned a Western Australian dentist from practising for four years after he gave too much of an oral sedative to a young boy, which carried a risk he could have stopped breathing.

A statement of agreed facts before the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) said dentist Ananda Krishnan compromised the health and safety of a five-year-old boy by giving him 10 milligrams of midazolam before dental treatment.

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