A DENTIST who scammed thousands of pounds from the NHS has been kicked out of the profession. Claude Kelfkens, 47, and his boss Mogjan Azari defrauded £40,700 from the NHS and split the haul between them.

Kelfkens, who worked at a Catford practice, used Azari’s details to claim from the NHS for precious metal fillings for 168 patients, including gold, when he had only fitted them with cheaper metal filings.

Azari, 41, of Oakwood Avenue, Beckenham, was jailed for a year and struck off the register in January 2005 after admitting four charges of deception.

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