20
Apr
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :arrested, pliers, pulling teeth | 1 Comment
A Pennsylvania father ignored his son’s pleas to take him to a dentist for six months forcing the teenager to take matters into his own hands…literally… with pliers! Francisco Torres, 41, has been charged with child endangerment, the Associated Press reports, for refusing to take his 14-year-old to the dentist, despite having proper insurance.
The teenager pulled two of his teeth with pliers to relieve persistent pain, but needed emergency …
13
Apr
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :Dental Lawsuit, insurance fraud | No Comments
New York dentist, Leonard Morse, DDS, who says his career was ruined by a Medicaid fraud suit filed by former state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will get a chance to clear his name, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
Dr. Morse filed a $75 million lawsuit claiming he was the victim of malicious prosecution in 2006 when Spitzer charged the dentist with filing more than …
5
Apr
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An Indian woman found working for nine years as a dentist in UK without a dental degree, has been jailed for three years.
Vinisha Sharma, 37, pleaded guilty this week to deceiving the National Health Trust (NHS) for appointment as a dentist by claiming to have earned a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree in India. During the nine years she had worked at the Oral and Maxillofacial departments at seven …
1
Apr
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Andriy Makaruha, 47, of New Jersey avoided trial on charges he practiced dentistry without a license by entering a pretrial intervention program for first-time offenders. Makaruha’s makeshift dental practice was discovered by township officials who were alerted by residents during a routine housing inspection at his apartment complex.
With Makaruha’s permission, they searched his apartment and found a reclining office chair set up in the kitchen, behind a privacy barrier …