A NEW drive has been launched to crack down on the problem of illegal dentistry in the UK.Experts believe illegal practice is widespread as patients learn about unregistered dental technicians by word of mouth.Clinical dental technicians are trained and registered to provide patients direct treatment for the construction, repairing and fitting of removable dental appliances, [...]

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to up to two years in prison for failing to take his son to the dentist when he tried to pull his rotting teeth.Francisco Torres, 41, pleaded guilty in October to recklessly endangering another person for refusing to take his 14-year-old son to the dentist even though he complained [...]

An eastern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to one to two years in prison after his teenage son tried to pull out his own teeth because he hadn’t been taken to a dentist. Northampton County Judge Michael Koury Jr. said Friday that he only wished he could sentence 41-year-old Francisco Torres to more prison time. [...]

According to a news release from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, a former Massachusetts dentist who pleaded guilty last week to charges of Medicaid fraud for using paper clips in place of stainless steel posts during patients’ root canals was sentenced to jail Monday.

A campaign has been launched to crack down on the growing scourge of illegal dentistry across the UK. The British Association of Clinical Dental Technology (BACDT) has created a website – www.dentureprofessionals.org – which allows consumers to find a clinical dental technician who is registered with the General Dental Council. Unless a CDT is registered [...]

A former dentist from Massachusetts now living in Crofton was convicted last week of Medicaid fraud for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals.Michael Clair, 53, of Windy Oak Court, will be sentenced Monday in a Massachusetts court…

Private dentists have been accused in Parliament of putting patients at risk with unnecessary operations. Labour MP for Rhondda Chris Bryant said many private providers were encouraging patients to have procedures they ‘certainly do not need’ and urged government to include dentists in any investigations into private sector cosmetic surgery.

A Center City dentist and his daughter have been charged with billing insurance companies for almost $5 million in fraudulent medical bills through the pain management clinic they operate together. Owen Rogal, 71, who has been living and working in Center City for decades, runs the Pain Center at 12th and Lombard Streets. His 50-year-old [...]

Police arrested a Palm Bay man who they said is accused of practicing dentistry without a license and leaving a patient worse off than she was to before her visit. Authorities with the Palm Bay Police Department said they believe there may be more victims. A real dentist who worked to undo the damage done [...]

A road rage dentist who knocked out a pensioner’s teeth and broke his cheekbone with a single blow has been banned from the profession for a second year. Shaun Edwards, 46, was spared jail after he admitted the ‘appalling and terrifying’ attack on 67-year-old Albert Finney. The former Army major leapt out of his [...]