What's New in Dental News
2 Sep
Emily Marie Forbes, 48, pleaded guilty Tuesday to guilty to elder financial abuse, burglary, grand theft, forgery and identity theft. She stole about $72,000 from the bank accounts of 18 patients of several area dental offices where she worked as office manager. She will be sentenced to five years and four months in prison, with a recommendation that her custody be served in a Department of Corrections drug rehabilitation program.…
20 Aug
A 28-year-old South Carolina woman has won a $2 million jury verdict against Sexton Dental Clinic in Florence, S.C.
The woman went to the dental clinic in 2006 for a cracked tooth. The dentist recommended that she have three teeth pulled and get a partial denture. Another dentist at the clinic mistakenly pulled all 16 of her upper teeth and then fabricated her dental charts to provide a false reason …
16 Aug
Miami-Dade police arrested, Eduardo Manuel Yglesias, 57, for practicing dentistry without a license. Acting on a tip, police began to investigate Yglesias and discovered he was only licensed as a dental radiographer, not as a dentist.
In an undercover operation, a detective made an appointment to see Yglesias at Dental Services Plus, which is a legitimate dental clinic, according to police. The “doctor” made an examination, viewed x-rays and determined …
