A child opens wide as a dentist and assistant use tools to work on his teeth.
A B.C. Supreme Court legal battle provides a window into the competitive and potentially lucrative business of dentistry. Canada's largest network of dental practices has obtained a B.C. Supreme Court injunction forcing a former "partner" to cease involvement with a fledgling franchise business, described in court documents as "something like a McDonald's" of dentistry.last week, Justice Ward Branch ordered Dr.
The company boasts 551 locations across Canada — but patients may not be aware their dentist is part of the chain. Minhas stayed on to operate the clinics. His contract also included agreements that prevented him from engaging in any business that directly or indirectly competes with the clinics, within a 10-kilometre radius.The judge detailed a dispute that allegedly began with Minhas buying a clinic within the area covered by the non-compete clause — a purchase for which Minhas claimed a company official gave him the "green light.
"So you're really getting something like a McDonald's," Tao says in the video. "Where when you sign up, you know exactly what you're getting.""Dr. Minhas says he asked Mr. Sharma if Dentalcorp would potentially sue him and Mr. Sharma responded: 'No, we would never do anything like that,'" the judge wrote."Mr Sharma denies that he ever said any such thing," Branch wrote.
In the termination notice — and the court documents — Dentalcorp claimed Smili was soliciting employees and patients from the clinics the company bought from Minhas and also claimed to have evidence that Smili was using Dentalcorp's resources and confidential information."They want increases to our fee guide on codes that are covered under the 'basic fee category,'" reads one email included in the court proceedings.
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