Groping dentist paraded around in leopard-print thong

A married dentist pranced around in a leopard-print thong shouting 'get a load of that' and had sex with a nurse at his surgery, a hearing was told. Anthony Barton, 36, developed a pattern of `sexually motivated behaviour' towards four dental nurses at the dental practice where he worked in Wigan over eight years, it was said.

He regularly groped their bottoms and asked them inappropriate questions, the General Dental Council heard. And, it was told, he cavorted with one nurse - while other members of staff were upstairs. Barton faces 17 charges in relation to his conduct towards the nurses from 2000 to last year.

Lydia Barnfather, for the GDC, said: “The conduct towards these dental nurses, the council says, shows a pattern of behaviour sexually motivated to transgress both the verbal and physical boundaries and standards to be expected of an individual in his professional position.”



Dental nurse Ms A claims Mr Barton would pull at her knickers as she bent over and try to undo her bra through her tunic. She said Mr Barton then began a consensual affair with a dental nurse Ms B.

Another dental nurse, Ms D, once walked in on the couple in a ‘compromising position’, it was said. Barton is also alleged to have inappropriately touched another dental nurse, Ms C. The allegations finally came to light when Ms D complained.

Mr Barton, of Porch House Farm, Runcorn Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, denies misconduct and that his fitness to practise is impaired. He faces being struck off if he is found guilty.