Update: Dentist arrested after struggle with patient

The Florida Department of Health has suspended the license of Michael Hammonds, DDS, who operates Elkcam Dental in Deltona, after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting an 85-year-old patient, according to a story in theOrlando Sentinel.…

Dentist arrested after struggle with patient

A Deltona, FL dentist, Dr. Michael G. Hammonds, has received felony charges of false imprisonment, battery, and assault on a person older than 65 and grand theft after an altercation with an 85-year-old patient, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

The incident occurred when Dr. Hammonds was adjusting Virginia Graham’s lower partial denture and she started screaming in pain. She pulled the denture out of her mouth, threw it at …

Dentist who dropped tools down patient’s throat gives up license

A Florida dentist whose patient died after he and his staff dropped a screwdriver and a wrench down the patient’s throat turned in his license May 20, according to a news story in the Orlando Sentinel.

 

Charles Gaal Jr., first went to Wesley Meyers, D.M.D., of Winter Park, FL, in September 2006 complaining that he was having some trouble with a set of lower dentures. Dr. Meyers proposed to …

Parents arrested for ignoring kids’ dental needs

A Pennsylvania couple was arrested this week for allegedly refusing to take their two young children to the dentist for two years, leaving the children with severely decayed teeth, according to officials.

Donna and John Grobelny face two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children, in a disturbing case that suggests both parents were overwhelmed, and at least one child had special needs.

Court documents show when police asked …