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There is a dental medical device called ‘ipulpine’, which is mainly composed of a first-class carcinogen, but imports were banned eight years ago due to side effects.
However, this ‘ipulpine’ was smuggled into Korea and used by some dentists before being detained by customs.
Reporter Kim Jong-ho reports.
[기자]When I open the small bag next to the dental treatment table, a product called ‘ipulin’ comes out.
It is a medical device used for nerve therapy and its main component is paraformaldehyde, a first-class carcinogen.
If used improperly, side effects such as gum necrosis and shock can occur, so the Ministry of Food and Pharmaceutical Safety canceled the license of the medical device in June 2012 and import was immediately banned.
The expiration date set by the law already ended six and a half years ago, but it turns out that there are still dentists in use.
We get this through a supply store because it is easy to treat the nerves that dentists find difficult.
[치과 재료상 : 재료상이 보통 한 군데를 끼고 있어요. 치과를. 그런데 이 (치과) 원장이 (디펄핀을) 구해달라면 구해줄 수밖에 없는 상황에 놓이는 거죠. 거래처가 끊기면 안 되니까….]It was revealed that Mr. A, who was caught by customs, smuggled ‘ipulpina’ into Korea by borrowing the hand of a traveler from Russia.
Since 2014, a total of 273 have been smuggled, which is the amount that can be administered to 32,000 people.
[조성현 / 부산본부세관 조사총괄과 : 치과 재료상 경험을 한 적이 있어서 디펄핀에 대해 잘 알고 있고. 그래서 러시아에서 디펄핀을 구할 수 있다는 걸 알고 있고. 자신이 SNS에서 알게 된 러시아인을 통해서 모스크바에서 디펄핀을 구매했고요.]Most of these have already been illegally prescribed and only 24 have been seized by customs.
Customs arrested Mr. A and arrested 23 dental materials and 8 dentists.
Furthermore, it is policy to expand investigations, as ‘ipulpine’ is continually smuggled into Russia, where sales and prescriptions are legal.
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