Legal Issues: Page 4

Assistant accused of assaulting patient faces more charges

By Melissa Busch

An ex-dental assistant accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious man lying in a dental chair awaiting treatment is now facing more charges.

May 23, 2025

15 former employees sue dentist over secret camera

By Melissa Busch

A dentist who allegedly planted a surveillance camera in a staff-only bathroom at his dental practice has been sued by 15 of his former employees.

May 22, 2025

3 charged with unlicensed dentistry

By Melissa Busch

Three people have been accused of illegally practicing dentistry since 2023, and one of them is also accused of human smuggling.

May 21, 2025

Dentist alleged to be ‘harmful to the public’ ordered to undergo remedial training

By Clark Kauffman

A Linn County, IA, dentist charged with practicing dentistry in a manner that is harmful to the public has been ordered to undergo remedial training.

May 16, 2025

‘Hit and run dentistry’ oral surgeon headed to jail

By Melissa Busch

A Florida oral surgeon who lost his license for what a licensing board called "hit and run dentistry," because it left patients injured and in debt, is headed to jail.

May 15, 2025

Practice owners to pay $500K to settle kickback case

By Melissa Busch

A Connecticut dental practice and its dentist owners agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to settle kickback allegations.

May 13, 2025

Swallowed implant driver leads to major lawsuit

By Melissa Busch

A man claims negligence led him to swallow a dental implant driver that required surgery and led to disfigurement.

May 12, 2025

Healthy boy dies while sedated for dental treatment

By Melissa Busch

A boy died May 6 while under sedation for a dental procedure at a practice in Oklahoma.

May 9, 2025

Possibly pickled dentist sued for groping, botching smile

By Melissa Busch

A man is suing, claiming that a New York City dentist was “under the influence of some mind-altering substance” when she inappropriately touched him and left him with a crooked smile.

May 9, 2025

Texas investigating illegal marketing of fluoride toothpastes

By Melissa Busch

The attorney general in Texas has launched investigations into Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble for illegally marketing fluoride toothpaste.

May 9, 2025

Heartbreaking details of plane crash that killed dentist, wife

By Melissa Busch

The cause of the private plane crash in March that led to the death of a North Carolina dentist and his wife has been released.

May 8, 2025

Woman enters plea in fatal shooting of dental director

By Melissa Busch

The woman accused of fatally shooting a dentist and dental director during a dispute over loud music at an apartment complex in Wisconsin entered a plea.

May 7, 2025

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