An account manager for a Georgia dental corporation is accused of abusing her power and stealing more than $84,000 from customers. The scam allegedly went on for five years and involved dozens of victims. Essence Boatwright, 40, was an account manager for Carestream Dental. From May 2012 to January 2017, Boatwright allegedly used her position to steal … Read more
A Middle Tennessee dentist and his employee are facing federal fraud charges for running an alleged scheme to defraud healthcare benefit programs. 51-year-old Richard N. Schott owns and operates Dental Excellence, a practice with three Murfreesboro locations and one Lebanon. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Middle Tennessee, Schott and employee Kendra L. Glenn … Read more
After receiving repeated warnings about a dentist’s falsified anesthesia credentials, Arizona Dental Board officials intentionally looked the other way, silenced staff, and even helped the dentist continue to practice, according to internal emails and documents obtained by ABC15. The board’s executive director also incorrectly attempted to guess the news station’s source. “Obviously (name redacted by … Read more
A man who performed significant dental work on dozens of patients in western Sydney while falsely claiming to be a dentist since late last year has been convicted and will have to pay more than $60,000. Majid Rahebi was convicted on Friday with falsely representing he was a dentist, and performing invasive procedures including root … Read more
A New Jersey man and his wife have been arrested after prosecutors said the husband illegally acted as a dentist at the practice his wife owns. Oscar Guevara, an x-ray technician, had “unlawfully performed dental procedures” at Allure Dental in March 2018, although he is not licensed as a dentist in New Jersey and has … Read more
A toothbrush subscription company has apologised after attracting heavy criticism for a “foul” marketing campaign aimed at first-year students arriving at universities across the UK. Brushbox admitted that the inclusion of a beer mat with a suggestive image of a woman’s mouth drooling a white substance resembling semen, with the phrase “spit or swallow” on … Read more