SINGAPORE: A woman who learnt how to perform dental procedures on herself during the COVID-19 pandemic began offering such services to customers in Singapore. She would book hotel rooms in Singapore to perform procedures such as maintenance of braces and veneer application.
Siti Shahrima Abd Rahim is seen at a shop near the State Court s on Apr 8, 2024. SINGAPORE: A woman who learnt how to perform dental procedures on herself during the COVID-19 pandemic began offering such services to customers in Singapore.
However, when Malaysia imposed movement control orders to curb the spread of COVID-19, Siti was unable to go for her dental appointments.After this, Siti advertised dental services such as veneer whitening, tooth and braces whitening and providing retainers on her Carousell account, quoting prices like S$650 and S$700 for different services.
In total, she provided composite veneers to about 20 customers, performed braces maintenance on about 10 customers and provided cosmetic braces to at least one customer. Siti told the woman to lie down on a sofa. She then placed a dental surgical drape on the woman, inserted a mouthpiece to keep the woman's mouth open and used an instrument she purchased on Shopee to remove her old veneers.Siti then applied the new composite veneers on the customer's teeth.
The MOH prosecutor sought a fine for Siti, saying her offence carried the potential for more serious injuries.
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