Patients of a dentist in Sydney's south are being urged to get tested for blood-borne viruses due to infection control breaches identified at the practice.

The Chief Health Officer has advised current and former patients of Safuan Hasic, also known as Steven Hasic, who worked from a practice at 70 Victoria Avenue, Mortdale, to get tested for blood-borne viruses due to infection control breaches identified at his practice.

Patients could have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, due to poor cleaning and inadequate sterilisation of dental equipment.

However health bosses said it's "low risk".

Hasic's registration as a dental practitioner has been suspended by the Dental Council of NSW.

NSW Health has also issued a closure order for the dental surgery in Mortdale.

It said

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