A central Iowa dentist charged with a lack of competency has been given a warning by state regulators.
The Iowa Dental Board recently charged Jameson Klavins of Hintz Family Dentistry in Ankeny, IA, with failure to maintain a satisfactory standard of competency in the practice of dentistry.
According to the board, Klavins regularly performs endodontic procedures such as root canal therapy and treatments of tooth pulp to address infections and discourage future tooth deterioration.
The board alleges it reviewed Klavins’ care over an unspecified period and found “several issues” that include a failure to use rubber dams when performing endodontic work and a failure to follow a basic SOAP outline, which references the “subjective, objective, assessment, plan” protocol taught in dental school and considered standard practice.
The board also alleged that Klavins failed to meet the standard of care for proper recordkeeping and that he failed to maintain complete and detailed records of endodontic treatment.
On the same day it filed the charge against Klavins, the board agreed to settle the case with a warning that any such conduct in the future could result in action taken against Klavins’ license.
As part of the settlement, Klavins agreed to complete, at some unspecified point in the future, a board-approved, comprehensive remedial education program on endodontic procedures and recordkeeping.
Klavins has been licensed to practice dentistry in Iowa since May 2018.
This article was originally published in the Iowa Capital Dispatch and republished by DrBicuspid under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The Iowa Capital Dispatch is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Iowa Capital Dispatch maintains editorial independence.
Deputy Editor Clark Kauffman has worked during the past 30 years as both an investigative reporter and editorial writer at two of Iowa's largest newspapers, the Des Moines Register and the Quad-City Times.
