Legal battle : Dentist Anca Macavei , who tried to treat a patient in McDonald 's , outside the High Court today , where she is fighting the General Dental Council 's decision that she should be struck off . A London dentist who was struck off after trying to work on a woman ’ s teeth in a McDonald ’ s restaurant is fighting the decision . Anca Claudia Macavei attempted to fit a bridge in the mouth of an unnamed patient after setting up a temporary surgery in the fast-food chain 's Cannon Street restaurant in 2012 . And when the woman refused to be treated , Miss Macavei insisted that it was necessary and tried to do the work in a hallway of a nearby dental practice . Miss Macavei , who is registered in Tulcea , Romania , has been suspended since last July when the General Dental Council ( GDC ) ruled she should be struck off . At the time , the GDC said her fitness to practice was ‘ impaired ’ by misconduct . Miss Macavei is now fighting a last-ditch battle to overturn that decision at the High Court . Miss Macvei had previously practised in Tavistock , Devon , but was living in London and advertising for Romanian patients online when she met Patient 1 . She had an informal arrangement to use the Cannon Street Practice surgery on an ‘ ad-hoc basis ’ for seeing patients . But her relationship with the practice manager deteriorated and she was stuck with only limited access to the premises . On February 18 , 2012 , she met with Patient 1 in a McDonald ’ s close to the surgery . Last July , the GDC professional conduct committee found , on the balance of probabilities , that she had tried to work on the woman ’ s teeth in the restaurant . ‘ Patient 1 was clear and specific in her evidence on this issue , ’ it said in its decision . ‘ She stated that you tried to put bridges in her mouth whilst in the McDonald ’ s and , when she refused , you insisted that it was necessary , to see if they would fit . ‘ You confirmed in evidence that your access rights to the Cannon Street Practice had already been withdrawn by the time you met with Patient 1 at McDonald ’ s . ‘ In the circumstances , the committee found that it was more likely than not that you did attempt a fitting of the bridges in that unsuitable environment , considering that you had nowhere else to go at that time . ‘ The committee was satisfied on the balance of probabilities that you also attempted to provide dental treatment to Patient 1 in the hallway outside the Cannon Street Practice . ‘ Both you and Patient 1 recalled that when you left McDonald ’ s , the entrance to the practice was open , as renovation work was being carried out . ‘ Patient 1 told the committee that you both entered the hallway of the practice , where you tried again to fit the bridges . ‘ She said that you told her that you had no access to your surgery because you had lost the key . ‘ The committee found that it was more likely than not that this did happen following your failed attempt to fit the bridges in a more public setting where the patient was understandably uncomfortable. ’ She was also found responsible for a ‘ catalogue ’ of other failings in her work with the patient and another . Miss Macavei , who is registered in Tulcea , Romania , but lives in London , was visibly emotional as she addressed the judge at the High Court today . She claims that the GDC ’ s decision to erase her name from the register was ‘ disproportionate ’ . Suspension or conditions on her practice would have sufficed . Temporary practice : Miss Macavei tried to fit a bridge in Patient 1 in this McDonald 's restaurant in Cannon Street , London . When the woman refused to be treated , she tried to do the work in a nearby hallway . James Townsend , for the GDC , is contesting Miss Macavei ’ s application . He said : ‘ Given Ms Macavei ’ s catalogue of failings , lack of insight and failure to engage over more than two years with an attempt to help her , then to engage in a half-hearted way , the GDC submits that it can not possibly be said that the decision of the professional conduct committee was wrong. ’ The GDC made its decision to strike Miss Macavei off last July and she has been suspended since then pending her appeal to the High Court . Mrs Justice Patterson reserved judgment and will decide Miss Macavei ’ s future at a later date .
Anca ##dio Macavei attempted to fit bridge in Cannon ##ide ##2 . When the patient complained she refused to carry out the work in nearby hallway . General Dental Council ruled Miss Macavei should be laid off last July . But she has been appealing , and case is now at the High Court .