A Brisbane dental clinic that was closed before Christmas for operating an unhygienic surgery has still not satisfied Queensland Health it can re-open.
It has not contacted Queensland Health and removed its telephone listing on January 3, 2017.
Queensland Health closed the Gap Free Smiles dental clinic on December 23, 2016 for operating an unhygienic dental clinic.
The clinic, at Carina, was closed for a month by Queensland Health to improve some of their operations.
The private company was asked to contact Queensland Health to be re-assessed and re-evaluated within the month by Queensland Health.
The clinic is not poorly-run, but some hygiene issues were identified by both Queensland Health and the Health Ombudsman when complaints were made in December.
"We're not talking third-world conditions or anything like that," a Queensland Health spokesman said on Tuesday.
"They basically have to get back to us and demonstrate that they can meet national guidelines on hygiene," the spokesman said.
"And they haven't done that yet."
The company removed its telephone listing on Tuesday.
Queensland Health's decision to close the clinic followed a similar investigation into its operations by the Federal Health Ombudsman.
Meanwhile Queensland Health is trying to locate 4190 patients who have been to the Gap Free Smiles dental clinic since it opened in 2014, to run tests for blood-borne viruses like hepatitis C.
Around two-thirds of these patients have been contacted by Queensland Health since the dental clinic was closed.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said while the risk of transmitting blood-borne viruses including hepatitis A, B and C, was low, additional testing was smart.
"Although we have no indication that any infectious disease has been contracted by patients, it is important people be tested," Dr Young said.
Queensland Health asked that anyone who had been to the clinic since 2014 to contact their GP for testing.
