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Jun
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :dentist arrested | No Comments
Las Vegas dentist Mahesh Patel, 45, has agreed to plead guilty of videotaping a female employee and another woman while they undressed in his practice’s in an effort to stay out of jail.
According to a Metro Police report, a female employee at the Advanced Center for Dentistry reported to work on Jan. 11, Patel, requested her assistance with a procedure and asked her to change into her scrubs, the woman…
3
Jun
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :Italy, unlicensed dentistry | No Comments
According to a story in the Guardian one in five Italian dentists does not have proper qualifications to practice dentistry. More than a thousand people were charged in Italy last year with unauthorized exercise of a medical profession (including physicians, dentists, and nurses). The problem in the system is that those that are found lacking qualifications are only have to pay a €516 fine and are free to continue practicing.
The president…
14
May
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :lawsuit, toothpaste | No Comments
Former Michigan inmate, Jerry Flanory, 58, who claims he was denied toothpaste for nearly a year can sue prison officials, citing his constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment, a federal appeals court said.
Flanory says he developed gum disease and had a tooth removed in 2005 as a result of not having toothpaste. The appeals court reinstated his lawsuit last week against officials at the Newberry prison. His original lawsuit…
13
May
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :dintist misconduct, new zealand | No Comments
The New Zealand Dentists Disciplinary Tribunal found a dentist guilty of professional misconduct over a 2001 incident in which he forced a female patient to touch his penis while she was sedated. Two similar complaints against the dentist, relating to incidents in 1984 and 1989, were not upheld because of lack of proof.
The dentist claimed in his defense of the 2001 charge that the sedative caused sexual hallucinations in his…