A dentist had no justification in pulling out four healthy teeth and leaving a six-year-old girl sobbing with blood pouring out of her mouth, an expert told an inquiry.

Branko Krstic, of Monreepos, Rodmell, Lewes, extracted the wrong teeth - then altered a form to cover up his blunder, the General Dental Council has heard.

He tried to convince the child's mother that the teeth had to be pulled out anyway as they were 'blowing in the wind'.

But dental expert Roger Turner rubbished Krstic's claims at the misconduct hearing.

Mr Turner said each of the four teeth were in good condition and showed no signs of being loose.

He examined the first tooth and said: "It just looks aesthetically in good condition.

"There is no reason why it needed to be extracted."

Turning to the second tooth he added: "There's no justification for taking that out. The teeth in my view would not have been wobbly at all."

Mr Turner was shown the referral chart from the child's usual dentist, the Milton Regis Dental Practise in Sittingbourne, Kent, that was sent to Krstic at his practice in High Street, Rochester, Kent.

On the chart the letters b, a, a, b were written, meaning the lower four teeth were to be extracted.

Mr Turner said: "There's no ambiguity about the teeth to be taken out."

Mr Turner was then shown a copy of the referral chart with the letters UR and UL in the teeth for extraction box.

He told the hearing: "If I saw that it would ring alarm bells, it's inconsistent. You've got to stop and say this is not right.

"It suggests to me if I was to receive this form and to look at it, it's not consistent and therefore needed clarification."

The child, referred to as patient A, had been sent by her own dentist to the Crown Court Dental Anaesthetic Clinic to have her four lower teeth pulled out and fillings out into three other teeth.

The little girl's mother had gone into the recovery room to find her daughter screaming with blood pouring from her mouth.

The mother has said: "When I pointed out the wrong teeth had been pulled out I was told it doesn't matter, they will grow back, they were blowing in the wind."

Krstic is attending the central London hearing.

He admits extracting patient A's four upper teeth and carrying out fillings to three others on September 21 2005.

Krstic denies adding the letters b, a, a, b and UR and UL in the teeth extraction box on the 'Treatment Required' referral form.

He denies failing to following the instructions of the referral form and failing to examine patient A's teeth adequately.

He further denies failing to get Miss A's informed consent and not acting in the best interests of patient A.

Krstic denies his actions were dishonest, designed to mislead and designed to place the blame on another practitioner.

The hearing continues.