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An Alaska dentist, Seth Lookhart, is being prosecuted on 17 counts of fraud and "unlawful dental acts." It's one of these alleged dental acts — Count XI — that has moved me.
Court papers filed this week say in or around July 2016, Lookhart "performed a dental extraction procedure on a sedated patient while riding a hoverboard and filmed the procedure and distributed the film to persons outside his dental practice."
[...] What if his hoverboard skills weren't perfect? What if he'd slipped at the vital moment as his tools were gripped around the patient's teeth? Please forgive me if I also mention that hoverboards have been known to explode and catch fire.
Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/dentist-accused-of-extracting-teeth-while-riding-hoverboard-alaska/
(Score: 4, Informative) by Sulla on Wednesday April 26 2017, @04:57PM (5 children)
The last time anyone in my family went to a dentist in Alaska my wife was told that her checkup went great and she just had a few things to keep an eye on.
She was experiencing some tooth pain so I took her to my dentist in Oregon, she had 7 cavities. Dentist put the scan up on the board to point them all out to us, it was pretty evident that they were there. With only two weeks between the two appointments I find it hard to believe that they just happened over those two weeks.
Alaskan dentists? Never again.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:39PM (3 children)
I don't live there and wouldn't know, but it is possible that not all dentists in Alaska are equally bad. A problem might be finding a good one near you, if there are any.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: 2) by Sulla on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:46PM (2 children)
My wife had gone through five or six dentists that she found lacking in ability, ended up just going to my dentist when we did family vacations until we moved.
I am sure there is a good one somewhere, we were just unable to find one.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:51PM (1 child)
That is unfortunate. It would be worse if it were doctors instead of dentists.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @07:20PM
that with Doctors, it is hard for the patient to file a complaint if the condition was bad enough. And for those patients who DO pass, there is plenty of permafrost to dispose of them in until the next season :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 27 2017, @06:27AM
There was a documentary on dentists in Canada. Every single one told the same person something different. I'd expect the same would be true in USA as well. Most dentistry is bullshit. Did you know you don't need toothpaste? Most of them have near zero net benefit and many actually cause harm.