What's New in Dental News
13 May
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…
12 May
Prosecutors on May 7 arraigned an Illinois dental assistant accused of doing procedures for which she was not licensed, along with the former director of the public health clinic where she worked, according to the Herald & Review.
Dentist Dr. Kenneth Webb and dental assistant Tamara Younker were arrested April 5, after a police investigation showed that Younker performed many tasks without a dental license, including extracting teeth and administering anesthetics.…
6 May
Putting off dental care is easy to do when money is short. Regular exams and cleanings are vital to maintaining your health. People often don’t realize that saving a little money by forgoing an exam and cleaning can cost you a lot more money in the future via root canals, crowns, and extractions.
Last year we wrote about Where to Find Low Cost Dental Care in San Diego. Because of the popularity…
5 May
Researchers at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine link tooth loss and periodontal disease to cognitive decline in a study released in this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
The study by Dr. Elizabeth Krall Kaye followed 597 men ages 28 to 70 for up to 32 years and looked for patterns in dental records to determine if periodontal disease and tooth loss predicted whether people…
